Olson v. Seldovia Salmon Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Gilliam, J., entered January 23, 1914, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for personal injuries sustained by an employee in a cannery.
1Opinion of the CourtParker, J.
The plaintiff commenced this action in the superior court for King county, seeking recovery of damages which he claims resulted to him from the negligence of the defendant in maintaining dangerously defective machinery near which he was directed by the defendant’s foreman to work while in the employ of the defendant. Trial before the court and a jury resulted in verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiff in the sum of $2,500, from which the defendant has appealed.
The question here presented which we regard as of most importance arises upon the claim made by counsel for appellant that the…
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