Employco Personnel Services, Inc. v. City of Seattle

How courts have described this case

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• holding Seattle could not confer immunity upon itself for damages from interrupted electric service where the Legislature had declined to grant that immunity
• in light of RCW 80.04.440, city liable for city utility company's statutory failure to mark underground utilities, severing of which by city contractor resulted in power loss to city's customers
• invalidating ordinance conflicting with state law
• invalidating ordinance conflicting with state law

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