Court Opinion

ID: 9726217
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 12:37:37.666362+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:25:24.297374
License: Public Domain

SHEPARD, Chief Justice,
concurring and dissenting.
This case now goes the other way in the wake of the departure of Justice Jon Krahu-lik, who wrote the Court's opinion. In part, I agree with the point the new majority is making. Whether an injury to property is "sudden and major" under the act does seem susceptible to resolution on summary judgment sometimes and sometimes not, depending on the facts before the court. Op. at 85. This seems like sound and traditional summary judgment law.
I diverge with the majority where it declares that the facts support the inference that the damage to the Reed's property which evolved over some five years was "sudden." For the reasons outlined in Justice Krahulik's opinion, I would remain faithful to the legislature's 1983 amendments and hold otherwise.