Thompson v. Union Fishermen's Co-Op. Packing Co.

This action was brought by plaintiff as administratrix of the estate of Olga Thompson, her deceased daughter, an employee of the defendant, who was killed on August 23, 1920, while on a freight elevator in a cannery owned and operated by the defendant corporation at Astoria.

The complaint alleges that decedent’s death was caused by the negligence of the defendant. It alleges that in the conduct of its business the defendant used an elevator which was operated by means of motive power for carrying freight and employees between the different floors of its cannery; that the elevator was not…