Kreymborg v. Thurston
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for What-com county, Hardin, J., entered April 29, 1910, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for personal injuries sustained by an employee in a shingle mill through contact with a cut-off saw.
1Per curiam
On September 29, 1909, the respondent, while in the employment of the appellants, working in a *220shingle mill owned and operated by them, lost his left hand by bringing his arm in contact with a cut-off saw installed in the mill as a part of its operative machinery. This action was brought to recover for the injury suffered. In his complaint the respondent set forth separately two causes of action, the one based on a charge of liability under the state factory act, and the other on the common law liability of the appellants. Issue was taken on the allegations of the complaint, and on the trial,…
2Cited by2 opinions
- Stoll v. Pacific Coast S. S. Co.District Court, W.D. Washington · 1913
- Nalewaja v. Northwestern Improvement Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1911