COCKLE v. GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.

No. 38434.

70 Wn.2d 846 (1967)

425 P.2d 665

HELEN C. COCKLE, as Administratrix, Respondent v. GENERAL ELECTRIC CO., et al., Appellants. C.J. MITCHELL, JR., Respondent, v. CHARLES C. McFALL et al., Appellants.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department One.

March 23, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gavin, Robinson, Kendrick, Redman & Mays and John Gavin, for appellants.

Horton & Wilkins, by Hugh B. Horton, for respondent Cockle.

Nason, Sullivan & Talbot, Chas. H.W. Talbot, and John R. Sullivan, for respondent Mitchell.


HILL, J.

Can it be said that under the facts and circumstances of this particular case that certain individuals were, as a matter of law, contributorily negligent, or that they, again as a matter of law, knowing and comprehending a danger voluntarily exposed themselves to it (volenti non fit injuria)?

Donald Cockle, in his employer's flatbed truck, had been towing a pickup truck owned and driven by C.J. Mitchell, Jr., in an effort to get the pickup started...

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