Primley v. Elbe Lumber & Shingle Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Pierce county, Shackleford, J., entered January 14, 1909, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for personal injuries sustained by an employee in a sawmill.
1Opinion of the CourtMorris, J.
The respondent was in the employ of the appellant as head sawyer, and on the 23d of May, 1908, was injured. The negligence complained of was in the employment by appellant of one Coombs as a setter, it being alleged that respondent, knowing Coombs was incompetent and inexperienced as.a setter, objected to working with him, but that he was induced to continue by reason of the promise of the appellant that, if Coombs proved incompetent, another setter would be procured, and that, relying upon this promise, respondent continued in his employment until his injury, some time in the afternoon of…
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