Sullivan v. R. D. Wood & Co.

This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries. The complaint alleges that tbe defendant was engaged in constructing a gas tank for a gas company in tbe city of Tacoma, and that the plaintiff was employed to assist in tbe work; that there was built around tbe- tank and as a part of it about twenty-six feet from tbe ground, a platform arrangement, known as a “walk-around,” abont two- and one-half feet in width; that plaintiff and other employees of defendant were upon said walk-around, and were directed to assist in hoisting therefrom an iron girder, the girder being so constructed…