KLEIN v. R.D. WERNER CO.

No. 48482-1.

98 Wn.2d 316 (1982)

654 P.2d 94

NORMAN W. KLEIN, ET AL, Respondents, v. R.D. WERNER COMPANY, INC., ET AL, Petitioners.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

December 2, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Swanson, Lindskog, Lundgaard, Aitken & Swanson, by Ralph G. Swanson, for petitioners.

Rush, Kleinwachter & Hannula, by William J. Rush, for respondents.


DIMMICK, J.

This is a products liability action wherein a jury determined that R.D. Werner Company, Inc., petitioner, was liable to the respondents for injuries received when a scaffolding plank on which Norman Klein, Eugene Romine and Donald Wiediger were standing collapsed and that each of them had assumed the risk of their injuries by 75 percent. Respondents appealed the reduced award. Petitioner did not cross-appeal on the issue of liability nor request a new...

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