Foster v. Allsop Automatic, Inc.

Plaintiff Foster appeals from an order of the superior court granting defendant’s motion for summary judgment and dismissing plaintiff’s action against his employer for injuries sustained in an industrial accident. The sole issue presented is whether plaintiff’s proof created an issue of fact regarding the “deliberate intention of his em ployer” to injure him within the meaning of RCW 51.24.020. No genuine issue of material fact is presented by plaintiff’s allegations and we affirm the trial court.

Plaintiff operated a 90-ton hydraulic punch press for defendant Allsop Automatic, Inc. In…