Haines v. Coastwise Steamship & Barge Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Ronald, J., entered March 30, 1918, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for personal injuries sustained by an employee on a vessel.
1Opinion of the CourtTolman, J.
This is an action for personal injuries, based upon two causes of action, the first, that the injuries complained of were caused by the negligence of the appellant; and second, that, after the injuries were received by the respondent, the appellant wilfully and negligently refused to put its vessel into the nearest port, or any port short of the end of the voyage, for the purpose of procuring medical and surgical attention for the respondent, whereby the effects of the injury were augmented and increased. Trial was had to a jury, which returned a verdict in respondent’s favor, upon which…
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