Alberg v. Campbell Lumber Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Gay, J., entered April 26, 1911, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for personal injuries sustained by a logger run over by a logging engine.
1Opinion of the CourtDunbar, C. J.
Julius Alberg, a logger employed by the Campbell Lumber Company as second faller, that is to say, assistant to the principal faller, received an injury on December 6, 1906. He was at that time twenty-three years of age. After the injury, he brought this action to re*86cover $27,430 on account of said injury. Negligence of the company was alleged in failing to fill, block, or guard a frog on the track, and in having incompetent engineers to conduct the train. Upon the trial of the cause to a jurj', verdict was rendered in favor of the plaintiff for $6,600. Motions for new trial were made by the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Williams v. Northern Lumber Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Minnesota · 1901
- Birrell v. Great Northern Railway Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1910