Judge starting to make rulings on Oso lawsuits

Joe Copeland

Joe Copeland Jul 1, 2025

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>Judge starting to make rulings on Oso lawsuits</h1>
                <h2><p>A King County judge has begun sorting through what issues plaintiffs can raise in lawsuits over the Oso landslide disaster, The Herald of Everett reports. Judge Roger Rogoff said Snohomish County is immune from prosecution on some of its flood-control actions along the North Fork Stillaguamish River but can be</p></h2>
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            <p>A King County judge has begun sorting through what issues plaintiffs can raise in lawsuits over the Oso landslide disaster, <a href="http://heraldnet.com/article/20150604/NEWS01/150609600/Is-county-responsible-for-Oso-Judge-begins-sorting-through-claims?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">The Herald of Everett reports</a>. Judge Roger Rogoff said Snohomish County is immune from prosecution on some of its flood-control actions along the North Fork Stillaguamish River but can be sued over how it communicated about its actions to residents, who may have misunderstood the dangers of more slides. Besides the county, the defendants also include the state of Washington and a logging company. The state wants the start of the trial to be in June of next year, but Rogoff hasn't ruled on that request.</p>
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A King County judge has begun sorting through what issues plaintiffs can raise in lawsuits over the Oso landslide disaster, The Herald of Everett reports. Judge Roger Rogoff said Snohomish County is immune from prosecution on some of its flood-control actions along the North Fork Stillaguamish River but can be sued over how it communicated about its actions to residents, who may have misunderstood the dangers of more slides. Besides the county, the defendants also include the state of Washington and a logging company. The state wants the start of the trial to be in June of next year, but Rogoff hasn't ruled on that request.

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By Joe Copeland

Joe Copeland is the former senior editor&nbsp;for Crosscut, where he has been an editor since 2010. Before that, he was an editorial writer and columnist for the Seattle P-I and editorial page edi