Hatcher v. Globe Union Manufacturing Co.

— This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries resulting from lead poisoning, alleged to have been contracted and sustained by plaintiff while in the employ of defendant. Trial was had before the court, sitting with a jury, and resulted in a verdict and judgment for plaintiff. The case is now before us on defendant’s appeal.

Appellant operates a factory in Seattle for the manufacture of storage batteries, which are made of metallic lead and lead sulphide. Its plant consists of a single room containing about eighty-one hundred square feet, with a ceiling about fifteen feet high.…