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HICKLE v. WHITNEY FARMS, INC.

No. 19262-8-III.

29 P.3d 50 (2001)

107 Wash.App. 934

Joseph HICKLE and Virginia Hickle, husband and wife, individually and as a marital community, and as parents of Phillip Hickle, a minor, and Russell James Mazolla, as Guardian Ad Litem for Phillip Hickle, a minor, Appellants, v. WHITNEY FARMS, INC., Philip A. Whitney and Arval L. Whitney, husband and wife, and Philip A. Whitney Jr., and Jane Doe Whitney Jr., husband and wife, Whitney Brothers, Inc., Defendants, Seneca Foods Corporation, and Milne Fruit Products, Inc., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3, Panel One.

August 21, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rickey C. Kimbrough, Grandview, Don S. Willner, Trout Lake, for Appellants.

Dennis Smith, David M. Jacobi, Sara E. Metteer, Shilpa Bhatia, Wilson, Smith, Cochran, Dickerson, Theodore L. Preg, Jeffrey W. Daly, Seattle, for Respondents.

SWEENEY, J.

An employer of an independent contractor generally is not liable for the acts of its contractor. There are, however, exceptions. One such exception imposes liability on an employer where the employer causes or knows of and sanctions the contractor's illegal conduct. See Shaffer v. Acme Limestone Co., 206 W.Va. 333, 524 S.E.2d 688, 701 (1999). Another exception imposes liability...

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