Burns v. Leudinghaus
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Lewis county, Rice, J., entered November 9, 1910, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for personal injuries sustained by a sawyer in a sawmill.
1Opinion of the CourtMount, J.
— The plaintiff recovered a judgment for $2,-525 for personal injuries, upon the verdict of a jury in the court below. The defendant has appealed.
The plaintiff was head sawyer in the defendant’s sawmill, where he had worked for several years, and was an experienced workman. He was injured by bumping his head into an overhead saw which was known as a rock saw. This saw was from eighteen to twenty inches in diameter, three-fourths of an inch in thickness, and revolved at the rate of 1,500 to 1,600 revolutions per minute. It was fixed in a frame in *449front of and near the main saw. This frame was…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Daffron v. Majestic Laundry Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1905
- Johnston v. Northern Lumber Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1906
- Vosberg v. Michigan Lumber Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1907
- Benner v. Wallace Lumber & Manufacturing Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1909
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- Jensen v. Shaw Show Case Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1913