Long v. McCabe & Hamilton, Inc.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Tallman, J., entered June 9, 1908, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, for personal injuries sustained by a stevedore in loading a ship.
1Opinion of the CourtChadwick, J.
Plaintiff brought this action against defendant to recover damages sustained by reason of a fall from the deck of the steamship Nebraskan, which was at the time of the accident engaged in loading railroad draw-bars at a dock in the city of Seattle. Defendant is an incorporated company, engaged in stevedoring, and employs *425through its foreman crews or gangs of men to load and unload ships. At the time plaintiff was injured, one Tommie Moore was engaged by defendant as yardarm winchman, one Harris as midship winchman, and plaintiff as hatch tender.
The method of loading was as follows: A bullion…
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