CAMPBELL v. ITE IMPERIAL CORP.

No. 51816-5.

107 Wn.2d 807 (1987)

733 P.2d 969

STEVEN E. CAMPBELL, ET AL, Appellants, v. ITE IMPERIAL CORPORATION, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

March 12, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stafford, Frey & Mertel, by John G. Cooper and Marcus B. Nash, for appellants.

Lane, Powell, Moss & Miller, by Thomas C. Sorenson and John McKay, for respondent.

Bertha B. Fitzer on behalf of Washington Association of Defense Counsel, amicus curiae for respondent.


PEARSON, C.J.

The principal issue in this case is whether the negligence of appellant's employer in failing to warn of or protect appellant from respondent's allegedly unsafe product constitutes an intervening act legally sufficient to operate as a superseding cause? Under the facts of this case, we hold that the employer's negligence does not constitute a superseding cause, and that the trial court erred in giving a jury...

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