Washington Appeals Court Revives Tribe’s Nuisance Claims Over Hydroelectric Dams

Mealey's (March 8, 2023, 12:01 PM EST) -- SEATTLE — A Washington Indian tribe’s allegations that Seattle’s promotion of its hydroelectric project as being the “Nation’s Greenest Utility” harms the tribe are pleaded adequately enough for two of its nuisance claims to survive a motion to dismiss, a state appellate court ruled in partly reversing dismissal of the tribe’s suit against the city....