· 1/16/1979
Novak v. Piggly Wiggly Puget Sound Co.
Citations
- 591 P.2d 791
- 22 Wash. App. 407
- 1979 Wash. App. LEXIS 2074
How courts have described this case
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- finding as a matter of law manufacturer of BB gun provided sufficient warnings of the hazards of the gun to preclude liability under both strict liability and § 388 negligence theories
- finding general warnings about 15 ricochet sufficient to inform child that a BB gun, if fired at a person, could injure an eye
- finding as a matter of law manufacturer of BB gun provided sufficient warnings of the hazards of the gun to preclude liability under both strict liability and § 388 negligence theories
- no duty to warn child that a BB gun, if fired at a person, could injure an eye
- “A manufacturer can also be found negligent for failure to give adequate warning of the hazards involved in the use of the product which are known, or in the exercise of reasonable care should have been known, to the manufacturer.”
- BB gun held not unreasonably dangerous
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Judges: Pearson
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