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ITT RAYONIER v. PUGET SOUND FREIGHT

Nos. 7204-1-II; 7240-8-II.

44 Wn. App. 368 (1986)

722 P.2d 1310

ITT RAYONIER, INC., Respondent, v. PUGET SOUND FREIGHT LINES, ET AL, Appellants, FACTORY MUTUAL ENGINEERING ASSOCIATION, Respondent. WESTERN ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC., Respondent, v. PUGET SOUND FREIGHT LINES, ET AL, Appellants, FACTORY MUTUAL ENGINEERING ASSOCIATION, ET AL, Respondents.

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division Two.

July 15, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Hickman and Reed, McClure, Moceri, Thonn & Moriarty, for appellants.

Richard C. Siefert and Lane, Powell, Moss & Miller, for respondents ITT Rayonier and Western Electric.

Frank Draper, Lane, Powell, Moss & Miller, David Antal, and Schwabe, Williamson, Wyatt, Moore & Roberts, for respondent Crown Zellerbach.

George Bovingdon and Clarke, Bovingdon & Cole, for respondent Factory Mutual Engineering.

WORSWICK, C.J.

In 1980, an arson fire destroyed a warehouse at the Port of Tacoma. The arsonist was never identified; fire investigators later surmised that a transient had somehow gained access to the warehouse and had started the fire, using kerosene as an accelerant. The fire immediately triggered the warehouse sprinkler system, but it malfunctioned and failed to control the blaze. By the time fire fighters extinguished the fire, wood pulp and rolled paper worth...

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