Premises liability claim brought by pedestrian who, after leaving a bar in Burien in May 2016, missed a step down from the curb ramp to the sidewalk, fell and broke her ankle. The plaintiff claimed the City negligently constructed and maintained the curb ramp, that the curb ramp was unsafe, that it should have been designed without a curb or elevation change, and demanded $450,000 in damages at jury trial in August 2021. The defense proved that the curb ramp was designed and built exactly according to engineering plans and WSDOT specifications for such curb ramps, and after a 10-day jury trial (conducted entirely via zoom) and about 40 minutes of deliberations, the jury of 12 returned a unanimous defense verdict.

Two week trial
August 2021

King County
19-2-11367-7 KNT