Luper v. Henry
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Tallman, J., entered June 23, 1909, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for personal inj uries sustained by an employee upon railroad construction work.
1Opinion of the CourtRudkin, C. J.
This was an action to recover damages for personal injuries. At the time of the accident complained of, the plaintiff was in the employ of the defendant, who was engaged in the construction of a section of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad near the town of Cle Elum, in Kittitas county. At the place of the accident the railroad was built on a trestle about twenty feet above the ground, and a platform of the same height was constructed alongside the railroad, on which was stationed a donkey engine employed in hoisting gravel and cement used in concrete work. A cable extended from the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Curtis v. Barber Asphalt Paving Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1906
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