Christensen v. Hawley
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Gay, J., entered April 11, 1910, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiif, in an action for personal injuries sustained by an employee engaged in the construction of a trestle.
1Opinion of the CourtChadwick, J.
Appellants were engaged in building a temporary trestle. The trestle consisted of successive bents, with a cap across the top of each bent. Each bent was constructed on the ground, and 'as finished was raised in position, and secured to the bent immediately behind it by two stay planks laid across the bents and spiked to the cap. Each stay plank was spiked on top of the cap near the end. As the work progressed, stringers, four in number, were put on, reaching from one bent to the other, and securely fastened. When the stringers were put on, the stay planks were removed. It was the purpose of…
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