58 Wash. 2d 435 - Clark v. Fowler’s Empirical Analysis

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8 state decisions

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1. “If the furnace met the specifications of the respondents’ architect and was installed according to respondents’ plans and contract, but failed to function properly because of the improper design (approved by respondents’ architect) of ducts, outlets, and cold air returns, the findings of fact do not support a conclusion of legal liability on the part of the appellant contractor. The architect was the agent of the respondents. When the architect approved the design and the contractor installed the furnace in conformity with it, the contractor’s obligation to the respondents under the contract, in this respect, was fulfilled. (Italics ours.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 68 Wash. 2d 31 - Teufel v. Wienir