Washington Court Says Association is Not Vicariously Liable for Acts Committed by Treasurer

Washington Appellate Court decision (July 19, 2016).

This case involved a dispute between association member homeowners and the HOA and its individual board members. The dispute involved the right to use a trail that crossed over the homeowners’ property and joined two different streets in the development. The homeowners contended that the trail was on their property and that other homeowners and their guests did not have a right to use it. Nevertheless, there were repeated incidents where other HOA members crossed over the trail despite efforts by the owners of the property to prevent that from happening.