Baird v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Albertson, J., entered April 4,1917, upon the verdict of a jury, rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for wrongful death.
1Opinion of the CourtChadwick, J.
A. W. Baird, husband of plaintiff, Nora Bell Baird, had been foreman for six years upon a section of defendant’s railroad on the east shore of Lake Washington. He was efficient and had a thorough knowledge of the rules pertaining to his work. On the 26th day of January, 1916, he was killed in a collision between an extra freight train going south and his own gas car going north. The accident occurred to the south of the cut, through which the track was laid on a curve. The point of the accident was about thirty-two rail lengths, or 960 feet, south of the grade crossing-known as the Factoria…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. EarnestSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Grand Trunk Western Railway Co. v. LindsaySupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Louisville & N. R. v. WeneCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1913
- Anest v. Columbia & Puget Sound RailroadWashington Supreme Court · 1916
- Holland v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1909
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