Hiskey v. City of Seattle

Albert Hiskey appeals the Superior Court's summary judgment order dismissing Lighting Arts, Inc./ Seattle Stage Lighting & Equipment, Inc. (Seattle Stage) as a defendant in his personal injury action for damages. Hiskey claims that summary judgment was improper because a genuine material factual issue existed as to whether Seattle Stage owed him a duty of care which was breached. We affirm.

The following facts are uncontroverted. A Rod Stewart rock concert was scheduled at the Seattle Center Coliseum on October 2, 1977. Hiskey was hired as a stagehand by the show's promoters, Avalon…