Eoff v. Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Klickitat county, McKenney, J., entered November 3, 1911, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor- of the plaintiff, in an action for personal injuries sustained by a passenger through the derailment of a train.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
The appellant is a common carrier, and owns and operates with other lines a line of railroad extending between the towns of Goldendale and Lyle, in Klickitat county, in this state. On February 10, 1910, the respondent *271was riding as a passenger on one of the appellant’s trains passing between the towns named, when a derailment occurred, caused by some fault in the equipment. The car on which the respondent was riding overturned, and the respondent fell or was thrown from one side of the car to the other. He struck upon his neck and shoulders and received, as he claims, severe and permanent…
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