Gennaux v. Northwestern Improvement Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Gay, J., entered February 25, 1912, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for personal injuries sustained by a coal miner.
1Opinion of the Court
Ellis, J
This is an appeal from a judgment entered upon a verdict against the appellants jointly, in favor of respondent, for $18,000 damages, for personal injuries sustained by the respondent while employed by the appellant Northwestern Improvement Company as a miner in one of its coal mines at Ravensdale, Washington. The appellants Lawrence and Edwards were respectively mine foreman and general mine superintendent.
The careful and dispassionate manner in which the case was tried by counsel on both sides renders an inherently complicated situation comparatively easy of statement. In the mine…
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