Diversified Industries Development Corp. v. Ripley, No. 42498
| Court | United States State Supreme Court of Washington |
| Writing for the Court | HAMILTON; HALE |
| Citation | 514 P.2d 137,82 Wn.2d 811 |
| Docket Number | No. 42498 |
| Decision Date | 27 September 1973 |
| Parties | DIVERSIFIED INDUSTRIES DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, Respondent, v. R. Bruce RIPLEY et al., Appellants. |
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v.
R. Bruce RIPLEY et al., Appellants.
Davies, Pearson, Anderson, & Gadbow, Wayne J. Davies, Seattle, for appellants.
Horswill, Keller, Rohrback, Waldo & Moren, Burt Waldo, Seattle, for respondent.
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[514 P.2d 138] HAMILTON, Associate Justice.
This is a declaratory judgment proceeding. Respondent, Diversified Industries Development Corporation, the owner and lessor of the residential property here involved, initiated the action against appellants, Bruce and Doris Ripley, month-to-month tenants in the residential unit, and their liability insurer, Ohio Casualty Insurance Company. Respondent prayed for an adjudication of potential financial responsibility as between respondent and its insurer, and appellants, in connection with an accident and injuries occurring on the residential premises to a social guest of the Ripleys. Appellants appeal from an adverse judgment.
The facts are stipulated. Briefly, and so far as relevant to our disposition of the cause, they are as follows:
On June 1, 1969, Mr. and Mrs. Ripley rented a residence from respondent under a written month-to-month rental agreement. Employees of respondent, in preparing the premises for the Ripleys' occupancy, discovered that a wagon wheel mounted upon and cemented to a stone fence had fallen from its mounting. They replaced the wheel in its mounting but did not otherwise secure it to the fence. The Ripleys were not advised of this condition by respondent and did not otherwise know of it.
On July 19, 1969, Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Martin and their 4-year-old daughter were social guests of the Ripleys. During this visit, the wagon wheel became dislodged and fell upon the minor child thereby injuring her. The insurers of the respective parties, I.e., the Ripleys and respondent, under medical coverage provisions of each policy, made payments to the Martins, and their respective adjusters maintained contacts with the Martins until March, 1970, when the Martins moved to the state of Michigan. No further written claim, or demand, for or on behalf of the minor has been made; however, due to the age of the child, the statute of limitations will be tolled for an extended period of time. RCW 4.16.190.
The month-to-month rental agreement contained, among other provisions, the following:
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4. Tenant agrees . . . that Owner shall not be held liable for any damage to person or property of Tenant, his guests, or any member of his family, by reason of any condition of the premises, and agrees to hold Owner harmless from any claims for damage to persons or property asserted by any person whomsoever, arising out of condition of said premises or Tenant's occupancy.
Respondent alleged and contended that the foregoing provision of the rental agreement imposed responsibility for any claim of damages by or on behalf of the injured minor upon appellants, and that the continuing risk or hazard of such a claim, coupled with appellants' refusal to accept responsibility...
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