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MILLSON v. CITY OF LYNDEN

No. 67931-7-I.

298 P.3d 141 (2013)

Nanci MILLSON, Appellant, v. CITY OF LYNDEN, a municipal corporation; Tim Newcomb and Helen Newcomb, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

April 1, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Platte , Attorney at Law, Bellingham, WA, for Appellant.

Eric Edmond Roy , Roy, Simmons, Smith & Parsons, Bellingham, WA, Alan Edward Garrett , Law Offices of Kelley J. Sweeney, Seattle, WA, for Respondents.

COX, J.

¶ 1 A municipality has a duty to pedestrians using its sidewalks to keep the sidewalks reasonably safe for their intended use.1 Generally "`[a] pedestrian on a sidewalk who has no knowledge to the contrary may proceed on the assumption that the city has performed its full duty and has kept the sidewalk in a reasonably safe condition....'"2 Nor is a pedestrian "required to keep his eyes on the walk...

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