Gowey v. Seattle Lighting Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal, from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Frater, J., entered March 11, 1919, upon the pleadings and stipulated facts, dismissing an action for personal injuries sustained by a servant.
1Opinion of the CourtParker, J.
The plaintiff, Elizabeth O. Gowey, commenced this action in the superior court for King county, seeking recovery of damages for personal injury which she claimed resulted to her from the negligence of the defendant lighting company. One of the defenses set up by the defendant in its answer is that the injury for which the plaintiff seeks recovery was received by her while engaged in an extra-hazardous employment within the meaning of the workmen’s compensation act, and that therefore she must recover, if at all, from the accident fund provided for in that act. The cause was decided by the…
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