Loger v. Washington Timber Products, Inc.

The parties to this action are Edwin H. Loger, an injured workman; the State of Washington; and Publishers Forest Products, Inc., the employer. The appeal is from the order of the trial court dismissing the workman’s complaint against the state. The issues raised are whether (a) the court erred in considering the interrogatories, depositions and admissions on file in ruling upon the motion of the state to dismiss the action, and (b) whether the state is hable for a workman’s personal injury if the injury is proximately caused by a failure of the safety division of the Department of Labor and…