BICH v. GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.

No. 3545-0-III.

27 Wn. App. 25 (1980)

614 P.2d 1323

JAMES DAVID BICH, Respondent, v. GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Appellant.

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division Three.

July 31, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig P. Campbell, David Swartling, and Karr, Tuttle, Koch, Campbell, Mawer & Morrow, for appellant.

J.K. Bromiley and Whitmore, Warren & Bromiley, for respondent.


MUNSON, J.

Defendant, General Electric Company, appeals a verdict in favor of plaintiff, James Bich, for personal injuries. Bich was injured in an explosion while changing a fuse to a potential transformer manufactured by General Electric (GE). Bich sued on the theory of strict liability. We affirm.

On May 10, 1974, James Bich, an electrician at Wells Dam, was notified that a metering device on one of the dam's transformers indicated a malfunction. Bich discovered...

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