Jock v. Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Albertson, J., entered October 31, 1908, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for personal injuries sustained by an employee unloading a car of lumber.
1Opinion of the CourtDunbar, J.
This is a personal injury action. At the time of the accident complained of, the defendant railroad company, the appellant in this case, operated a short railway in King county. The gang foreman of the company was one C. A. Bassett. He it was who employed plaintiff as a common laborer a short time before the accident. There was also one Williams in the employ of the company in the capacity of a common laborer. While plaintiff and Williams were working together unloading a car of lumber, the plaintiff was injured by lumber falling upon him, breaking his leg so that ampu*439tation became necessary.…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Cooper v. MullinsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1860
- Hammarberg v. St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1898
- Conine v. Olympia Logging Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1904
- Uren v. Golden Tunnel Mining Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1901
- Bateman v. Peninsular Railway Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1898
3Cited by21 opinions
- McLeod v. Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Railway Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1911
- Desjardins v. St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1909
- Mercer v. Lloyd Transfer Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1910
- Beck v. International Harvester Co. of AmericaWashington Supreme Court · 1915
- Cavelin v. Stone & Webster Engineering Corp.Washington Supreme Court · 1910
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