FAIRBANKS v. J.B. McLOUGHLIN CO., INC.

No. 64248-6.

929 P.2d 433 (1997)

131 Wash.2d 96

Eugene FAIRBANKS and Carolee Fairbanks, husband and wife, and as parents of their minor children, Petitioners, v. J.B. McLOUGHLIN COMPANY, INC., a Washington corporation, and The Empress of China, a Washington corporation, and XYZ Establishment, and Judy Lan and John Doe Lan, wife and husband, and the marital community comprised thereof, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Washington.

Decided January 16, 1997.

Reconsideration Denied February 20, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kurt Lichtenberg, Bellevue, for petitioners.

Brenda L. Hunt, Seattle, for respondents.


PER CURIAM.

Carolee Fairbanks was injured in a car accident caused by an intoxicated J.B. McLoughlin Company employee who had earlier attended a company banquet. The trial court dismissed her vicarious liability and negligent furnishing claims on summary judgment and the Court of Appeals affirmed. Finding a genuine issue of fact as to whether the employee drank to intoxication at the banquet, we reverse.

Ann Neely, a J.B. McLoughlin property manager, attended...

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