Mason v. Turner

The plaintiffs brought this action to recover loss of earnings and other damages sustained by reason of the death of- their minor son, Ronald Neil Mason, who was drowned while en route from Blaine to Similk Beach, Anacortes, Washington, aboard a barge, which they alleged was the property of the defendants. According to the allegations of their complaint, the boy was an employee of the defendants and was within the scope of his employment at the time he lost his life, and his death resulted from the failure of the defendants' to provide him with a safe place to work.

At the conclusion of the…