Wray v. Benton County Public Utility District

— Plaintiffs instituted a wrongful death action against the Benton County Public Utility District seeking damages for the death of their son, David, age 17. Plaintiffs contended that defendant’s negligence caused the death of their son. The court, sitting without a jury, found no evidence of negligence on the part of the defendant PUD and thereafter entered findings of facts, conclusions of law and judgment and ordered plaintiffs’ complaint dismissed with prejudice.

On February 1, 1971, in midafternoon, David; his younger brother; his friend, Richard Hauntz; and his father traveled to a rural…