Withiam v. Tenino Stone Quarries
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Walla Walla county, Brents, J., entered April 10, 1907, upon sustaining defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, in an action for personal injuries sustained by an employee by falling from a scaffold.
1Opinion of the CourtRudkin, J.
On the 1st day of September, 1906, the plaintiff in this action was injured by falling from a scaffold while in the employ of the defendant on the high school building in the city of Walla Walla, then in course of construction. At the time of receiving the injuries, complained of, the building had advanced to about the second story and was ready for the cornice. Stones furnished by the defendant for window-caps were being put in place by means of a derrick. To aid in this work a scaffold theretofore erected around the outside of the building was used by the workmen. This scaffold consisted of…
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