Smith v. Dow
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Morris, J., entered September 7, 1905, upion the verdict of a jury rendered in- favor of the plaintiff for $1,600 for personal injuries, sustained by a workman through the fall of lumber being hoisted in the construction of a building.
1Opinion of the CourtMount, C. J.
Plaintiff brought this action to> recover for personal injuries, alleged to have resulted from the negligence of defendant’s employees in using an insufficient rope and careless fastening in hoisting flooring through an eleivator sliaft from the first floor to the third and fourth floors *409of a large building being constructed in Seattle. Plaintiff recovered a judgment for $1,600. The defendant appeals.
The appellant and the Otis Elevator Company were both independent contractors upon the building. The respondent was in the employ of the Otis Elevator Company, placing an elevator in the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Lambert v. LaConner Trading & Transportation Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1905
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