Lackey v. Big Creek Timber Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Chehalis county, Sheeks, J., entered August 30, 1912, upon granting a nonsuit, dismissing an action for personal injuries sustained by a fireman of a donkey engine.
1Opinion of the CourtParker, J.
This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries, alleged to have resulted to the plaintiff from the negligence of the defendant timber company while he was' employed as a fireman for its donkey engine. At the conclusion of the plaintiff’s evidence introduced upon the trial, the court granted the defendant’s motion for a nonsuit, and dismissed the action upon the ground that the plaintiff’s injuries were caused by the negligence of the engineer while acting in the capacity of a fellow servant of the plaintiff, if such injuries were caused by the negligence of any one other than the…
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