Roberts v. Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Sullivan, J., entered January 20, 1915, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for personal injuries sustained by a lineman through the breaking of a telephone pole.
1Opinion of the CourtHolcomb, J.
Respondent was a lineman working for appellant near Pomeroy, Washington, in reconstruction of a telephone line. A pole which he had climbed broke and re*276spondent fell with the pole, the cross-arm at the top pinning his head to the ground and knocking him unconscious for a short time. Some of the bones in his left hand were broken, his ankles were hurt, there was a cut over his eye, the back of his head was bruised and swollen, and his eye was bloodshot. The accident happened September 15, 1910. Suit was brought January 12, 1914, or approximately four months after the expiration of the period…
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