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WOO v. GENERAL ELEC. CO.

No. 74458-5-I.

393 P.3d 869 (2017)

Yeanna WOO, Personal Representative for the Estate of Yuen Wing Woo and his Surviving Spouse, Jean Oi Woo, Appellants, v. GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Respondent, Asbestos Corp. Ltd., CBS Corporation (fka Viacom, Inc., successor by merger with CBS Corporation fka Westinghouse Electric Corporation), Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation, Fraser's Boiler Service, Inc., Lockheed Shipbuilding Company, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Saberhagen Holdings, Inc., Todd Shipyards Corp., Defendants.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

FILED: April 3, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Joel Rutzick , Kristin Margret Houser , Thomas James Breen , Schroeter Goldmark & Bender, 810 3rd Ave., Ste. 500, Seattle, WA, 98104-1657, for Appellants.

Christopher S. Marks , Kirk C. Jenkins , Sedgwick LLP, 600 University St., Ste. 2915, Seattle, WA, 98101-4172, for Respondent.

¶ 1 As a general rule under common law and strict liability principles, a manufacturer does not have a duty to warn of the hazards of a product the manufacturer did not place in the stream of commerce. But there are exceptions to this general rule. Yuen Wing Woo worked as an engineer for the Navy and on military transportation...

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