Parker v. Weyerhaeuser Co.

This is a personal injury action in which the court granted a judgment of involuntary nonsuit and the plaintiff has appealed.

Plaintiff was employed by the defendant in its logging operations as a timber bucker. He sustained a right inguinal hernia which he claims was caused by the negligence of the defendant in permitting or requiring him to use a power saw, the starting mechanism of which was not operating properly. The saw was started by pulling on a rope in much the same way as a power lawn mower is started. Plaintiff’s evidence tended to show that on Friday, February 23, 1962, the day of…