Hall v. West & Slade Mill Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Chehalis county, Irwin, J., entered July 7, 1904, upon the verdiet of a jury, rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for personal injuries sustained by an employee in a mill, through coming in contact with a set screw upon a revolving shaft.
1DissentRoot, J.
(dissenting)-—Notwithstanding the profound respect which I entertain for the writer of the foregoing opinion and for my associates who- concur therein, I cannot escape the conviction that they have, in this instance, fallen into error; and as I regard the error radical and susceptible of far-reaching, detrimental effects, I feel constrained to dissent, and to express my views upon the. main question involved.
The majority opinion, upon the question of assumed risk, is based upon what this court said in Green v. Western American Co., 30 Wash. 87, 70 Pac. 310; and what was there said upon said…
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