KUEHN v. WHITE

No. 6801-1.

24 Wn. App. 274 (1979)

600 P.2d 679

ELZEAR J. KUEHN, ET AL, Appellants, v. RICHARD K. WHITE, ET AL, Defendants, INTER-CITY AUTO FREIGHT, INC., Respondent.

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division One.

September 17, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kennedy, Moore & Twisselman and James D. Twisselman, for appellants.

Lane, Powell, Moss & Miller and C. William Bailey, for respondent.


CALLOW, C.J.

The issue presented is whether the Washington rule which holds that an employer is not liable for an assault committed by an employee for his own purposes should be abandoned in favor of a rule which would impose liability on an employer when the employee injures a third party in a dispute arising out of the employment.

The facts are agreed upon by the parties. On July 23, 1976, Elzear Kuehn was driving his wife's automobile southbound on Interstate...

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