Lamphiear v. Skagit Corp.

Defendant, Skagit Corporation, brings this appeal from two jury verdicts entered against it. The appeal presents two main questions: (1) Was there sufficient evidence from which the jury could make a determination of defendant’s liability; and (2) was there sufficient evidence to support an award for loss of profits?

The plaintiffs, Wayne Lamphiear, d/b/a Lamphiear Logging, and General Insurance Company of America, who carried Lamphiear’s casualty insurance, instituted suit to recover damages incurred when a portable logging spar collapsed. Defendant had manufactured the spar and had sold it…