Morgan v. Rainier Beach Lumber Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Albertson, J., entered March 9, 1908, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of a locomotive engineer for personal injuries sustained in the derailment of his engine.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
— The respondent brought this action to recover for personal injuries received by him while in the employment of the appellant as a locomotive engineer. The appellant at the time of the injury was engaged in the business of logging- and manufacturing lumber, and owned and operated as a part of its equipment a logging road, some two miles in length, having one terminal at Lake Washington, in King county, and the other in the timber towards the east. Midway between the terminals of the road was a switchback, formed by two switches some eight hundred feet apart. In going towards the Lake…
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