Tergeson v. Robinson Manufacturing Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Snohomish county, Black, J., entered October 3, 1905, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the defendant, in an action for personal injuries sustained by thei operator of a planer in a mill.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
The appellant was injured while operating a planer as an employee of the respondent, and brought this action to recover damages for the injury so suffered. The injury occurred in March, 1905, and the action was tried on October 3d of the same year. Between the time of *299the injury and the time of the trial, the act of the legislatura known as the factory inspection act went into- effect. Laws 1905, p. 161. That act made it mandatory upon any person, firm or corporation operating a factory, mill, or workshop where machinery is used, to safeguard all such machinery which it is practical to guard,…
2Cited by1 opinion
- Tergeson v. Robinson Manufacturing Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1908