Harris v. Northwest Natural Gas Co.

Plaintiff seeks recovery from defendant gas company in strict liability and negligence for personal injuries he suffered when combusting natural gas supplied by the defendant ignited gasoline vapors and thereby caused a fire in plaintiffs garage. Defendant moved to strike plaintiff’s complaint in its entirety, claiming that plaintiff had failed to allege facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action either in strict liability or in negligence. The trial court granted defendant’s motion and, when plaintiff refused to plead further, dismissed plaintiff’s complaint. Plaintiff appeals and we…