McIntosh v. Saw Mill Phoenix
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Poindexter, J., entered February 11, 1907, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for personal injuries sustained by an employee while operating a ripsaw in a sawmill.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
The respondent was injured while working as an employee in the appellant’s sawmill, and brought this action under the factory act to recover therefor. In his complaint he laid his damages at $2,000, and the jury returned a verdict in his favor for the full amount demanded. However, before the entry of judgment he filed a written waiver for any sum greater than $1,900, and judgment was entered for that sum.
The respondent was injured on a rotary ripsaw. This was a _12-inch circular saw set in an iron frame in the form of a table, and so arranged that the saw projected for some two and one-half…
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