Mattson v. Eureka Cedar Lumber & Shingle Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Che-. halis county, Irwin, J., entered June 16, 1912, upon the ■ verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for personal injuries sustained by an employee in a sawmill.
1Opinion of the Court
Ellis, J.-
-The plaintiff brought this action to recover for personal injuries received by him while at work as a common laborer in the defendant’s saw mill. The plaintiff is a Finn and cannot speak, read, write, or understand the English language. He had been working for the defendant for about two weeks, during which time he was engaged in loading cars. On the morning of July 31, 1911, the defendant’s foreman took him ¡to the shipping shed, where lumber is piled to await shipping, and directed him to work there piling lumber, indicating the place where he was to work. There were already many…
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