Kelley v. Howard S. Wright Construction Co.

Decided July 27, 1978. Charles Horowitz wrote the opinion for the court.

582 P.2d 500 · Cited 150 times

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• Bayne v. Todd Shipyards Corp. · 568 P.2d 771
• Funk v. General Motors Corp. · 220 N.W.2d 641
• Nordstrom v. White Metal Rolling and Stamping Corp. · 453 P.2d 619
• Godfrey v. Washington · 530 P.2d 630
• Fenimore v. Donald M. Drake Construction Co. · 549 P.2d 483
• Lyons v. Redding Construction Co. · 515 P.2d 821
• Greenleaf v. Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Co. · 364 P.2d 796
• Presser v. Siesel Construction Co. · 19 Wis. 2d 54
• West v. Guy F. Atkinson Construction Co. · 251 Cal. App. 2d 296
• Fardig v. Reynolds · 348 P.2d 661
• Courtright v. Sahlberg Equipment, Inc. · 563 P.2d 1257
• Hensley v. United States · 279 F. Supp. 548

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