Jacobsen v. Rothschild
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Albertson, J., entered June IS, 1910, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for personal injuries sustained by a stevedore in loading a vessel.
1Opinion of the CourtChadwick, J.
— Plaintiff Jacobsen was employed as a side runner in a stevedoring crew, engaged in loading a vessel at Eagle Harbor, in this state, on the 18th day of September, 1909. The vessel was being loaded with railroad ties, and the work had so far progressed that the hold was filled on each side of the hatchway, leaving a space the size of the hatchway and about ten feet deep to be filled. Ties were brought to the ship on a raft, and were carried in loads, varying from seventeen to twenty-four ties, to a point over the open hatchway by a derrick operated by a winchman. The load was then taken by…
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