RIGGINS v. BECHTEL POWER CORP.

No. 7383-1-III.

44 Wn. App. 244 (1986)

722 P.2d 819

ELIZABETH A. RIGGINS, Respondent, v. BECHTEL POWER CORPORATION, Appellant, J.A. JONES CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, Respondent.

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division Three.

July 1, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip A. Talmadge, Steven V. Lundgren, and Karr, Tuttle, Koch, Campbell, Mawer & Morrow, for appellant.

Hugh O. Evans and Evans, Craven & Lackie, for respondent Riggins.

Douglas W. Purcell, Lynne A. Chafetz, and Davis, Wright, Todd, Riese & Jones, for respondent J.A. Jones Construction Co.


McINTURFF, J.

Bechtel Power Corporation appeals an award to Elizabeth Riggins for damages sustained when she tripped and fell over a piece of rebar while working on the construction site of Hanford Plant 1 of the Washington Public Power Supply System (WPPSS). The basic issues Bechtel raises are whether it, as a consultant engineering firm, owed Ms. Riggins, an employee of Jones Construction Co. (Jones), a duty to provide...

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