Updates
In a move with implications for all retailers that sell products under their own brand names in the State of Washington, Division 1 of Washington's Court of Appeals has agreed to hear an interlocutory appeal in Monika Johnson v. Recreational Equipment, Inc., Case No. 65463-2-1. The court will be asked to reconcile two provisions of Washington product liability law—one that imposes on a product seller the liability of a product manufacturer when the product is marketed under the seller's brand name, and another that allows any party alleged to be at fault for a product user's injury to attribute fault for that injury to another entity.
