Eckert v. Sound Construction & Engineering Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Eng county, Albertson, J., entered November 18, 1911, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for personal injuries sustained by a carpenter in a fall from a scaffold.
1ConcurrenceEllis, J.
(concurring) — In cases where temporary staging is used by carpenters, masons, painters, and persons in like employment, there is a duty upon the master in the alternative, either to furnish the. staging as a completed structure for the use of the servants, or to furnish timbers and other materials sufficient and suitable for that work and require the servants to build the staging themselves. Labatt, Master and Servant, § 615.
When the master adopts the first alternative, he becomes liable for any injury resulting from a failure to use reasonable care, either in selecting the materials used or…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Swanson v. Sound Construction & Engineering Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1912