Legal Opinion
Hiner v. Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided July 30, 1998No. 17057-8-IIIPublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSchultheis, C.J.
— Julia Hiner sued tire manufacturer Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc. for failing to imprint a warning on its snow tires that installation of such tires on only the front wheels of her car could cause poor handling. The trial court dismissed her consumer protection claim before trial and dismissed her products liability claim after she rested her case in chief. She contends on appeal that both claims should have gone to the jury. She also assigns error to the trial court’s exclusion of an expert witness. We reverse and remand for trial.
FACTS
Ms. Hiner owned a 1988 Hyundai front-wheel-drive car.…
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