Baldassarre v. West Oregon Lumber Co.

While working as an employee of defendant, West Oregon Lumber Co., at its sawmill in Portland, Oregon, the plaintiff was injured as the result of a piece of lumber striking his left foot. He sued the defendant for damages, claiming that the injury was caused by the defendant’s negligence. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant, and from the consequent judgment the plaintiff has prosecuted this appeal.

The accident occurred on October 13, 1947. Plaintiff’s job was to pull lumber from the “sizer chain” and pile it on the “jitney block.” As explained in' the testimony, the sizer chain is a…