ERIE v. WHITE

No. 21425-3-II.

966 P.2d 342 (1998)

92 Wash.App. 297

Jacob ERIE, Appellant, v. Kirk WHITE and Linda White, husband and wife; David McLeish and Jane Doe McLeish, husband and wife; ABC Partnership and ABC Corporation, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 2.

September 4, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy J. Whitters, Gordon Thomas Honeywell, Malanca Peterson & Daheim, Tacoma, for Respondents.

Richard Andrew Bergh, Pence & Dawson, Seattle, for Appellant.


MORGAN, Judge.

Jacob Erie sued Kirk White for negligently supplying equipment that Erie knowingly and voluntarily used to cut a tree. White moved for summary judgment, arguing assumption of risk. The trial court granted the motion, and we affirm.

At the outset, it is necessary to understand the difference between tree-climbing equipment and pole-climbing equipment, as described in the record here. A person using either type of equipment wears a belt or harness...

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