Washington State University v. Industrial Rock Products, Inc.

Facts of Case

At issue in this case is what limit, if any, there is to the liability of one who is strictly liable for an abnormally dangerous activity.

This property damage action arises out of an explosion which occurred in a dormitory on the Washington State University campus at Pullman, Washington. The University, as plaintiff, brought suit against Industrial Rock Products, Inc. asking approximately $200,000 for damages sustained to the dormitory and its contents in an explosion of explosives allegedly stolen from the defendant's Monroe, Washington, quarry site.

Plaintiff's action sounded in…