Shaw v. Woodland Shingle Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, James Kiefer, Esq., judge pro tempore, entered February 14, 1910, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the defendant, in an action for personal injuries sustained by an employee in a shingle mill.
1Opinion of the CourtChadwick, J.
Plaintiff was injured in a shingle mill, owned and operated by the defendant at Ballard in King *57county. It is the contention of the plaintiff that he was put to work at a left-hand knot saw when he was a right-hand operator. We think that no further statement of the facts is necessary. Plaintiff brought this action to recover damages, and appeals from a verdict rendered in favor of the defendant.
It is first assigned that the court erred in sustaining an objection to testimony. A witness was asked whether he had seen a guard, a model of which was exhibited, or similar guards in use in shingle…
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