Gerlach v. Cove Apartments, LLC, 446 P.3d 624 (2019)

Citation: Gerlach v. Cove Apartments, LLC, 446 P.3d 624 (2019)
Parent Document: Gerlach v. Cove Apartments, LLC, 446 P.3d 624 (2019)
Jurisdiction: Washington (state)
Effective Date: 2019-05-13
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/6659245/gerlach-v-cove-apartments-llc/ ↗

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¶2 On October 26, 2012, Gerlach and her boyfriend Nathan Miller, along with Colin and Brodie Liddell,1 went to a birthday party and then to a bar within walking *818distance of Miller's apartment. Miller lived in a second story unit at The Cove Apartments in Federal Way, which were owned by The Cove Apartments LLC and managed by Weidner Property Management LLC. After the bar closed in the early hours of October 27, Miller and Colin stopped by a convenience store to buy beer, while Gerlach and Brodie returned to Miller's apartment. Brodie stopped to smoke a cigarette before going inside. While he was smoking, he heard a snap and turned in time to see Gerlach in midair, just before she landed head-first on a concrete step on the ground floor. A rotted railing from Miller's balcony also fell near Gerlach. Gerlach suffered a life threatening head injury as a result of the fall.

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