Lowe v. Oak Point Piling & Lumber Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Cowlitz, county, McKenney, J., entered June 25, 1912, upon the verdiet of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for personal injuries sustained by a hook tender in a logging camp.
1Opinion of the CourtMount, J.
Action for personal injuries. The plaintiff recovered a judgment in the court below. The defendant has appealed.
The facts in this case are as follows: The defendant was engaged in logging operations in Cowlitz county, in this state. On April 15, 1910, the plaintiff was in the employ of the defendant company as a hook tender. As such hook tender, he was in charge of a crew of men in removing logs from the woods to a point called a loading station. A donkey engine was situated near the loading station, and from this donkey engine a line consisting of a steel cable extended to the point in the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Hage v. LuedinghausWashington Supreme Court · 1910
- Keller v. White River Lumber Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1911
- Ostroski v. Blumauer Logging Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1913
- Melius v. Chicago, Milwaukee & Pugget Sound Railway Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1912
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