Eastwood v. Horse Harbor Foundation, Inc., 170 Wash. 2d 380 (2010)

Citation: Eastwood v. Horse Harbor Foundation, Inc., 170 Wash. 2d 380 (2010)
Parent Document: Eastwood v. Horse Harbor Foundation, Inc., 170 Wash. 2d 380 (2010)
Jurisdiction: Washington (state)
Effective Date: 2010-11-04
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4909141/eastwood-v-horse-harbor-foundation-inc/ ↗

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¶44 RCW 64.12.020 provides, “If a guardian, tenant in severalty or in common, for life or for years, or by sufferance, or at will, or a subtenant, of real property commit waste thereon, any person injured thereby may maintain an action at law for damages.” This statute plainly provides a statutory cause of action for waste. Many courts have concluded that a statutory cause of action cannot be barred under the economic loss rule, including the Court of Appeals of this state. In Park Avenue Condominium Owners Ass’n v. Buchan Developments, LLC, 117 Wn. App. 369, 382, 71 P.3d 692 (2003), the court stated that the judicially created economic loss rule arose in a context where the legislature had not spoken. “Where the legislature has acted to create rights and remedies, courts cannot enlarge or restrict those rights or remedies” but can interpret an unclear statute in a manner consistent with legislative intent. Id.

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