DAVIS v. GLOBE MACHINE

No. 49923-3.

102 Wn.2d 68 (1984)

684 P.2d 692

ALICE J. DAVIS, Petitioner, v. GLOBE MACHINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC., Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

June 21, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wolfstone, Panchot, Bloch & Kelley, by J. Porter Kelley, for petitioner.

Davies, Pearson & Anderson, P.S., by Edward S. Winskill, for respondent.


STAFFORD, J.

On April 1, 1977, petitioner Alice Davis was injured while cleaning a glue spreading machine at Hines Lumber Mill (Hines) in Oregon. The glue spreader was manufactured by respondent Globe Machine Manufacturing Company (Globe). Davis brought this products liability action against Globe on theories of strict liability and negligence.

Globe began manufacturing glue spreaders in 1951. The precise date of manufacture of the machine by which Davis ...

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