Cavelin v. Stone & Webster Engineering Corp.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Albertson, J., entered July 15, 1910, upon granting a nonsuit, dismissing an action for personal injuries sustained by a employee engaged in laying brick.
1Opinion of the CourtRudkin, C. J.
On the 29th day of June, 1909, the plaintiff, the defendant Melburg, and a number of fellow workmen in the employ of the defendant Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation, were engaged in laying brick in the wall of the ninth story - of the Henry building, in the city of Seattle. The wall in question was about forty feet in length, and ten or twelve masons in all were engaged in the work. A line was extended along the outer edge of the wall from *376one end of the stretch to the other, to which the brick were laid. This line was fastened at one end by a small wire nail inserted in the mortar…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Jock v. Columbia & Puget Sound RailroadWashington Supreme Court · 1909
- Desjardins v. St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1909
- Jefferson County v. TrumbullWashington Supreme Court · 1904
3Cited by7 opinions
- McLeod v. Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Railway Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1911
- Beck v. International Harvester Co. of AmericaWashington Supreme Court · 1915
- Frengen v. Stone & Webster Engineering Corp.Washington Supreme Court · 1911
- Swanson v. GordonWashington Supreme Court · 1911
- Ponelli v. Seattle Steel Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1911
2 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.