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NEW MEADOWS v. WASHINGTON WATER

Nos. 4644-3-III; 4687-7-III; 4763-6-III.

34 Wn. App. 25 (1983)

659 P.2d 1113

NEW MEADOWS HOLDING COMPANY, ET AL, Respondents, v. WASHINGTON WATER POWER COMPANY, Appellant. NEW MEADOWS HOLDING COMPANY, Appellant, v. WASHINGTON WATER POWER COMPANY, Appellant, PACIFIC NORTHWEST BELL, ET AL, Respondents.

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division Three.

February 17, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Schroeder, Donald G. Stone, and Paine, Lowe, Coffin, Hamblen & Brooke, for appellant Washington Water Power Company.

Fred O. Montoya, Edward A. Dawson, and Dawson & Meade, for New Meadows Holding Company.

Richard E. Hayes and MacGillivray & Jones, for respondents Pacific Northwest Bell, et al.

Thomas C. McKinnon on behalf of Washington Natural Gas Company and Karen Keeney on behalf of American Gas Association, amici curiae for appellant Washington Water Power Company.

Bryan P. Harnetiaux and Robert Whaley on behalf of Washington Trial Lawyers Association, amici curiae.

MUNSON, A.C.J.

On December 31, 1978, Mark Brown sustained serious burns when the home he rented from New Meadows Holding Company and owner Harvey Raugust (New Meadows) was destroyed by a fire. The fire began when Mr. Brown attempted to light his oil stove and unknowingly ignited natural gas leaking into his home underground from a damaged gas line several blocks away. The gas leak was allegedly caused in 1971 when Cableway, Inc. (Cableway), laying underground telephone...

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