MADSEN v. STATE

No. 58232-5-II.

561 P.3d 1216 (2025)

Thomas and Marie MADSEN, husband and wife, Snow Creek Shellfish, LLC, a Washington corporation, doing business as Port Discovery Seafarms, Appellants, v. STATE of Washington, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 2.

Filed January 7, 2025.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Margarita V. Latsinova, Stoel Rives LLP, 600 University St. Ste. 3600, Seattle, WA, 98101-3197, John Edward Duke Powell, Jed Powell & Associates PLLC, 7191 Wagner Way Nw Ste. 202, Gig Harbor, WA, 98335-6909, William Sargent McGonagle, Colleen E. Mriglot, West Sound Injury Law, 241 Madison Ave. N, Bainbridge Island, WA, 98110-1811, for Appellants.

Ann Elizabeth Trivett, Keating, Bucklin & McCormack, Inc., P.S., 801 2nd Ave. Ste. 1210, Seattle, WA, 98104-3175, for Respondents.


PUBLISHED OPINION

¶1 Thomas and Marie Madsen and Snow Creek Shellfish LLC, doing business as Port Discovery Seafarms (collectively the Madsens), appeal the trial court's ruling in their trespass lawsuit that the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) was immune from liability unless it acted with gross negligence...

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