TIMBERLINE AIR SERVICE, INC. v. BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON, INC.

No. 60392-8.

125 Wn.2d 305 (1994)

884 P.2d 920

TIMBERLINE AIR SERVICE, INC., ET AL, Appellants, v. BELL HELICOPTER-TEXTRON, INC., Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

November 22, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Northcraft, Tierney & Hilleman, P.C., by Mark S. Northcraft, for appellants.

Mills Cogan Meyers Swartling, by Blair B. Burroughs and Frederick M. Meyers, for respondent.


BRACHTENBACH, J.

At issue is whether a manufacturer who complies with mandatory government specifications for design of a military helicopter later converted to civilian use has an absolute defense to a postmanufacture products liability failure-to-warn claim under either RCW 7.72.050(2) or the federal common law government contractor's defense. We conclude neither the statute nor the common law defense applies, and accordingly...

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