Nelson v. Douglas Fir Plywood Co.

Plaintiff filed this action for personal injuries resulting from an automobile accident involving plaintiff’s car and a truck driven by defendant Stidham and owned by his employer, defendant Douglas Fir Plywood Company, which was also plaintiff’s employer at the time of the accident.

The defendants filed a supplemental answer alleging that Douglas Fir was an employer under the workmen’s compensation laws; that plaintiff was injured in the course and scope of her employment; and that plaintiff was restricted to the benefits and remedies provided by the compensation laws.

A trial was held before…