Legal Opinion
Controlled Atmosphere, Inc. v. Branom Instrument Co.
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided January 14, 1988No. 7587-7-IIIPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMcInturff, C.J.
Branom Instrument Co. was granted summary judgment on all the plaintiffs' claims. We affirm in part and reverse in part.
On December 6, 1980 fire destroyed a cold storage warehouse owned by Methow-Pateros Growers, Inc. Methow-Pateros sued Controlled Atmosphere, Inc. (a subsidiary of Crowder Refrigeration, Inc., subsequently merged into Crowder Refrigeration, Inc.) and Crowder Refrigeration, Inc., alleging the fire was caused by failure of a MSA-10 C02 scrubber designed and installed by Crowder.
The MSA-10 C02 scrubber sold by Crowder to Methow-Pateros in 1976 was used to control the atmosphere…
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