Noren v. Larson Lumber Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for What-com county, Neterer, J., entered May 20, 1906, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for personal injuries sustained by an off bearer in a sawmill.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
This is an action for personal injuries. The appellant owns and operates a lumber mill, and the respondent was one of its employees. In the lumber mill of the *242appellant, leading from! the main saw to the back part of the mill, was a scries of rollers, known as live rollers, their purpose being to assist the oifbearcrs in carrying the timber products which passed through the main saw to other parts of the mill. The rollers were set into a table, the top of which was about twenty-three inches from the floor, and were about four feet apart. They were kept alive by being geared to a line shaft…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Johnston v. Northern Lumber Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1906
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