Collins v. Terminal Transfer Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Mackintosh, J., entered July 3, 1915, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for personal injuries sustained by an employee in cranking the engine of a motor truck.
1Opinion of the CourtMain, J.
This action was brought for the recovery of damages for personal injuries, alleged in the complaint to be due to the defendant’s negligence. In its answer, the defendant denies negligence on its part, and pleads four affirmative defenses: (a) contributory negligence; (b) assumption of risk; (c) negligence, if any, of a fellow servant; and (d) that the plaintiff was engaged, at the time of his injury, in a work which brought him within the workingmen’s compensation act. The affirmative defenses were denied by the reply. The cause was tried to the court and a jury, and resulted in a verdict for…
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