Rogers v. Valk
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Hinkle, J., entered August 21, 1911, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for personal injuries sustained by an employee engaged in tearing down a building.
1Opinion of the CourtEllis, J.
This is an action for personal injuries. In November, 1910, the defendant Valk entered into a contract with defendant Spokane School District No. 81, for tearing down and removing the ruins of a brick high school building which had been partially destroyed by fire. For the prosecution of the work, about seventy-five men were employed by the defendant, under the superintendence of a foreman. Among these, the plaintiff, a common laborer, began work on the 12th day of November. The fire had destroyed a large part of the floors, but had left of the third floor in the southeast corner of the…
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