Legal Opinion
New Meadows Holding Co. v. Washington Water Power Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Decided September 13, 1984No. 49588-2PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDolliver, J.
Plaintiff Mark Brown, while attempting to light an oil stove on December 31, 1978, unwittingly ignited natural gas which was leaking from a damaged gas line several blocks away. The natural gas, unable to permeate the frozen ground, traveled laterally entering the drain field which serviced Brown's residence. The leak allegedly was caused 7 years earlier when Cable Way, Inc. (Cable Way), while laying underground telephone cable for Pacific Northwest Bell (PNB), damaged a 2-inch gas transmission line owned by Washington Water Power Company (WWP). The subsequent explosion seriously injured…
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