Court Opinion

ID: 9624470
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 07:03:46.602523+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T11:50:37.375417
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Soule, J.
(concurring in part; dissenting in part)—I concur in the result. I agree that the State of Washington recognizes that a manufacturer's liability may be established on a theory of strict liability by virtue of inadequate warnings. Haysom v. Coleman Lantern Co., 89 Wn.2d 474, 573 P.2d 785 (1978); Haugen v. Minnesota Mining & Mfg. Co., 15 Wn. App. 379, 550 P.2d 71 (1976). It was therefore error to so phrase the interrogatories that the jury could not base a verdict upon this theory. I also agree that the doctrine of superseding cause should be considered in the event of a retrial.
I dissent from that portion of the decision which holds that upon retrial the theory of negligence should have no place in the proceedings.
Petition for rehearing denied June 8, 1978.
Review granted by Supreme Court November 3, 1978.