Tiderman v. Fleetwood Homes

(dissenting)—The majority's opinion reversing the judgment and remanding for a new trial *878because of claimed instruction error ignores basic tenets of appellate review in such cases. Instructions must be taken as a whole and questioned portions of an instruction may not be considered in isolation but must be considered in light of all the instructions given. Shasky v. Burden, 78 Wn.2d 193, 470 P.2d 544 (1970); Ranniger v. Bryce, 51 Wn.2d 383, 318 P.2d 618 (1957); Webley v. Adams Tractor Co., 1 Wn. App. 948, 465 P.2d 429 (1970). Further, an error, if any, in an instruction ordinarily is not…