Legal Opinion
Gould v. Bird & Sons, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided June 1, 1971No. 173-1, 174-1PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, J.
The plaintiff, William J. Gould, brought two actions against the defendant, Bird & Sons, Inc., for damages for personal injuries sustained when an aircraft which he was piloting in Laos in January, 1963, crashed and burned. The first was a common-law, master-servant action, which was dismissed on motion of the defendant for lack of prosecution. The second, filed more than 3 years after the first, was prepared under the elective remedy provision of section 905 of the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C. § 901 (1927). This second action was dismissed by the trial court…
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