RYDER v. KELLY-SPRINGFIELD TIRE

No. 45197.

91 Wn.2d 111 (1978)

587 P.2d 160

ESTATE OF SAMUEL A. RYDER, Appellant, v. KELLY-SPRINGFIELD TIRE COMPANY, Defendant, ALUMINUM COMPANY OF AMERICA, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

November 30, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Duane Lansverk and Landerholm, Memovich, Lansverk, Whitesides, Marsh, Morse & Wilkinson, Inc., P.S. (Allen T. Murphy, of counsel), for appellant.

William M. Bauer and Detels, Draper & Marinkovich, for respondent.


HICKS, J.

In this product liability case, certified here by the Court of Appeals, judgment for defendants, Aluminum Company of America (Alcoa) and Kelly-Springfield Tire Company, was entered on a jury verdict following a 12-day trial. Appellant Ryder defines the issue on appeal to be the applicability of the concept of foreseeability in a product strict liability case and she assigns as error the instruction of the jury by the trial court. No other complaint is made...

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