Anderson v. Globe Navigation Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Gilliam, J., entered January 20, 1909, upon the verdict of a jury rendered' in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for personal injuries sustained by a longshoreman while loading a ship.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
-The respondent is a longshoreman, and on February 15, 1907, was employed as such in loading the lumber schooner Alex T. Brown. The lumber was brought alongside, the schooner on scows, from whence it was carried to the schooner deck in sling loads, by means of a hoisting rigging operated by a steam winch. After being carried to the deck, the lumber was deposited on a block, from whence it was distributed to the various parts of the vessel by the longshoremen. The respondent was working on the port side of the vessel, talcing lumber from a block and storing it forward. The loading was done…
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