Dollar v. Northwestern Improvement Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Ap^ 'il from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Myers, J., entered May 7, 1912, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for personal injuries sustained by an employee through an explosion in a coal mine.
1Opinion of the CourtMain, J.
This is an action for damages for personal injuries. The respondent is a coal miner. The appellant is the operator of a coal mine at Ravensdale, Washington, known as mine No. 2.
On April 25, 1911, at the hour of about 5:80 o’clock a. m., the respondent, while at work in the mine, was injured by a minor gas explosion. His injury was painful but not permanent, and disabled him from work for a few weeks. The cause was tried before the court and a jury. At the conclusion of the respondent’s evidence, the appellant challenged the legal sufficiency of the evidence and moved the court for a directed…
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