Props v. Washington Pulley & Manufacturing Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Ronald, J., entered May 3, 1910, upon the verdict of' a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for personal injuries sustained by a boiler maker in a boiler explosion.
1Opinion of the CourtGose, J.
The plaintiff, thirty-seven years of age, a boiler maker and a worker in structural iron and steel, was injured by a back fire or an explosion in the furnace of the boiler of the defendant’s plant, on October 14), 1909. The day preceding the injury, he was engaged to take the place of the regular night watchman at the defendant’s mill for a short time. The defendant was operating a plant for the manufacture of window sash, doors, etc. The plaintiff’s duties were to watch the mill, and to have steam sufficient to operate the plant at the opening hour each morning. He had had about six years’…
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