Legal Opinion · Dissent

Cox v. Polson Logging Co.

Washington Supreme Court

Decided May 17, 1943No. 28824Published

1DissentBeals, J.

(dissenting) — I am in accord with the majority opinion, save in so far as it is held that the jury should pass upon the question of whether or not appellant was negligent in failing, if it did so fail, to throw out a lighted flare upon the highway, and whether or not an ordinarily prudent person occupying the position of the decedent would, under the testimony, be lulled into a false sense of security by relying upon the fact that, upon crossing highways, appellant’s employees did frequently throw from its trains lighted flares.

James A. Jensen, the driver of the automobile in which decedent…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Toledo Term. Rd. Co. v. HughesOhio Supreme Court · 1926
  2. Gallagher v. Montpelier & Wells River RailroadSupreme Court of Vermont · 1927
  3. Chicago, M. & St. P. Ry. Co. v. LindemanCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1906
  4. Rhine v. Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1941
  5. Dunlap v. Pacific Electric Railway Co.California Court of Appeal · 1936

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