Richardson v. City of Spokane

This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries, suffered by the plaintiff while in the employ of the city of Spokane, in the construction of a concrete bridge across the Spokane river at Monroe street in that city. Many men were employed in the work. The carpenters and carpenters’ helpers, who were constructing the wooden forms for the piers and arches of the bridge, were under one foreman. The men who mixed, poured, spread, and tamped the concrete into the forms when completed were known as concrete men, and were divided into several gangs according to their places of work. Each…