Remsnider v. Union Savings & Trust Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Ronald, J., entered February 25, 1915, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for personal injuries sustained by an employee in cleaning an elevator shaft.
1Opinion of the CourtEllis, J.
Action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff while in the employ of the defendant as its janitor. The defendant is the owner of an office building known as the Hoge Building, in the city of Seattle. In the building are maintained and operated three elevators or lifts. The plaintiff, as janitor, was directed by the superintendent or head janitor to go into the elevator shaft beneath the elevator cage and scrub down the walls and doors. While he was so employed, the elevator was run down into the shaft, crushing him between the board across the shaft on which he…
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