Weston v. Camp's Lumber & Building Supply, Inc.

Plaintiffs initiated this civil action for damages against a lumber retailer, Camp’s Lumber & Building Supply, Inc. (Camp), and the lumber manufacturers or wholesalers, Friesen Lumber Company (Friesen), Portae, Inc. (Portae), and Taylor Lumber Company (Taylor) (collectively, the lumber defendants), that provided the lumber used to construct plaintiffs’ residence.1 Plaintiffs asserted claims for damages under multiple legal theories, alleging that the lumber inspected and provided by the lumber defendants contained a wood-boring beetle larvae that, through infestation, compromised the…