Summary Judgment Motion Upheld in Court of Appeals

Attorneys Peter Nierman and Grant Lingg recently prevailed on a case that was appealed all the way up to the Washington Supreme Court after they obtained summary judgment for their client at the trial court level. The trial court granted a motion for summary judgment finding that the defendant landlord could not be held liable for the tenant’s alleged damages related to mold that was discovered in certain interior sheetrock in the basement mother-in-law unit. Plaintiff appealed, but the court of appeals (Division I) affirmed the trial court order. The Washington Supreme Court subsequently refused to grant further review of the case.