Lau v. Allied Wholesale, Inc.

KIRIMITSU, Judge.

This appeal involves a products liability case brought by plaintiffs-appellants Anh Hue To Lau, personal representative of the estate of Tommy Ho Lau (Lau), and Lau’s survivors (Plaintiffs). Lau died from severe burns sustained in an accident involving a parts washer machine distributed by Defendants-Appellees Allied Wholesale, Inc., dba Allied International (Allied), and sold by Costco Wholesale Corporation (Costco) (collectively, Defendants).

I. BACKGROUND

Lau was employed at Apollo Systems, Inc. (Apollo), a painting and waterproofing company owned by Peter Chun (Chun). On…