Thoresen v. St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Pierce county, Cliíford, J., entered April 1,1912, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, for $15,000, for personal injuries.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
In this action the respondent, Louie Thoresen, recovered against the appellant, St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Company, damages in the sum of $15,000 for *101personal injuries received while at work as a stevedore, upon the appellant’s docks, assisting in loading lumber upon an ocean-going vessel.
The evidence tended to show that the appellant sold a cargo of lumber to the Charles Wilson Company, agreeing to deliver the same on its own dock within reach of ship’s tackle. The stevedoring firm of Rothschild & Company contracted to load the lumber onto the vessel, and employed' the respondent, with some…
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