Carkonen v. Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Humphries, J., entered March 24, 1914, in favor of the defendant, notwithstanding the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for wrongful death.
1Opinion of the CourtHolcomb, J.
Appellant sued as administrator of the estate of John Athanasiades, deceased, on behalf of the surviving wife and children of deceased, to recover damages for the alleged negligent lulling of the decedent by the defendant while he was working as a section man on defendant’s interstate railroad. The action was brought under the employers’ liability act of Congress, 35 U. S. Stats, at Large, 65. The trial before a jury resulted in a verdict for plaintiff in separate sums for the widow and two' daughters, which verdict was filed, and the clerk thereupon entered judgment. Within two days…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Forsyth v. DowWashington Supreme Court · 1914
- Paich v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1915
3Cited by3 opinions
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- Rogers v. SavageWashington Supreme Court · 1920
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