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FALK v. KEENE CORP.

No. 55945-7.

113 Wn.2d 645 (1989)

782 P.2d 974

JOHN J. FALK, ET AL, Respondents, v. KEENE CORPORATION, ET AL, Petitioners.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

October 31, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hills, Clark, Martin & Peterson, by Mark S. Clark, Theresa R. Wagner, and Gregory E. Keller; Williams, Kastner & Gibbs, Daniel W. Ferm, and Kenneth E. Petty; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, by Steven T. Johnson, Kathleen Garvin, and Kent T. van den Berg, for petitioners.

Schroeter, Goldmark & Bender, by William S. Bailey and William Rutzick, for respondents.

BRACHTENBACH, J.

At issue is whether jury instructions regarding a claim that manufacturers' products were defectively designed either misstated the law or confused the jury by leading it to believe that common law negligence principles apply to a design defect claim brought under the tort reform act of 1981. We hold that ordinary negligence is not the standard adopted by the Legislature for determining manufacturer liability for defectively designed products, that...

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