Hoveland v. Hall Bros. Marine Railway & Shipbuilding Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Albertson, J., entered January 13, 1905, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for personal injuries sustained by an employee caught upon a coupling of a revolving shaft.
1Opinion of the CourtHadley, J.
This is an action to recover damages on account of personal injuries. The plaintiff was in the employ of the defendant at the: time of receiving his injuries. The defendant was engaged in operating and maintaining a ship*165yard, and as part of its business, it operated, a blacksmith shop and machine shop^ in which were belts, pulleys, shafting and grindstones, which were run by machinery. In the blacksmith shop the defendant operated two grindstones for the purpose of sharpening tools. The grindstones were placed upon pieces of line shafting coupled together by iron couplings and bolts. This…
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