Brayman v. Russell & Pugh Lumber Co.
Idaho Supreme Court
APPEAL from tbe District Court of tbe Eigbtb Judicial District, for Kootenai County. Hon. R. N. Dunn, Judge. Action for damages. Judgment for plaintiff.
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APPEAL from tbe District Court of tbe Eigbtb Judicial District, for Kootenai County. Hon. R. N. Dunn, Judge. Action for damages. Judgment for plaintiff. It is a settled rule of law in this state that tbe legal measure of tbe master’s duty or liability is the exercise of ordinary care, having regard to tbe hazards of tbe service, to provide tbe servant with reasonably safe working places, machinery and appliances, and tbe exercise of ordinary care to maintain them in a reasonably' safe condition of repair. (Wiesner v. Bonners Ferry L. Co., 29 Ida. 526, 160 Pac. 647, L. R. A. 1917C, 328; Armour…
1Opinion of the CourtMorgan, J.
Respondent was employed by appellant as a teamster. His duties consisted in hauling logs from the place where they were skidded to where they were placed in a chute, whereby they were conducted into Lake Coeur d’Alene preparatory to delivery at the sawmill. While as*146sisting the loaders in loading the logs on to a truck, respondent was struck by a falling tree and his arm broken. It appears that in the vicinity of the skidway where the logs were being loaded, sawyers were working, which fact was unknown to respondent; that they felled a tree which, in falling, struck a dead tree which, in turn,…
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- Chicago City Railway Co. v. LeachIllinois Supreme Court · 1904
- Union Pac. R. v. ThomasCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1907
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