Willlams v. Ballard Lumber Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Albertson, J., entered April 5, 1905, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, after a trial on the merits, in an action for personal injuries sustained by a planer-man caught in unguarded cogwheels.
1Opinion of the CourtRoot, J.
Respondent recovered a judgment of $1,075 in the superior court for damages occasioned by having his hand crushed between the cogwheels on the side of a planer in the mill of appellant for whom he was working. The facts as admitted and revealed by the evidence were about as follows: The machine upon which the plaintiff was injured is known as a Hoyt planer, number 11, and consists of an iron frame or bed nearly fourteen feet long. The bed of the machine is three feet four inches wide, and two feet four inches above the ground ; upon the bed of the machine are three sets of rollers, each set…
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