Aboltin v. Heney
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the superior court for King county, Chapman, J., entered June 21, 1910, granting plaintiff a new trial for inadequacy of damages, after the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff for personal injuries.
1Opinion of the CourtGose, J.
The plaintiff, a carpenter by trade, thirty-three years of age and in good health, had his right hand crushed on July 31, 1908, so that it was necessary to amputate it on that date at a point about one inch above the wrist. At the time he received the injury, he was in the employ of the defendant and engaged in the work of driving piles. The trial of the case began on the 8th day of February, 1910, eighteen months after the injury was sustained. Between the date of the injury and the trial of the case, he had earned about $50. *66His largest earnings after he lost his hand were at the rate of…
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