Johnson v. North Coast Stevedoring Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Allen, J., entered February 18, 1919, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for personal injuries sustained by a longshoreman in loading a vessel.
1Opinion of the CourtBridges, J.
Suit for damages on account of personal injuries. The complaint alleged that the defendant was engaged in the stevedoring business, and that, on the 20th of May, 1918, it undertook to load the steamship “Takai,” at the Union Pacific Dock, Seattle ; that, prior to such time, the vessel had been employed in transporting soya bean oil, and by reason of the breaking of certain oil containers, the floor in the hold of the vessel had become covered with oil; that the plaintiff was employed by the defendant to assist in loading the vessel, and that he commenced such work at about ten o’clock in the…
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