Miller v. Union Mill Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Chehalis county, Irwin, J., entered October 25, 1905, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the defendant, in an action for personal injuries sustained by a slasherman through contact with unguarded cogs in a sawmill.
1Opinion of the CourtCrow, J.
This action was commenced by the plaintiff Tony Miller, against the defendant, the Union Mill Company, a corporation, to recover damages for personal injuries. Upon trial the jury returned a verdict for the defendant, and from a final judgment entered thereon, this appeal has been taken.
It appears from the evidence that appellant was employed as a slasherman in respondent’s mill, in which was an elevated platform provided with live rolls for conveying slabs, cants, and lumber to where the appellant was working. The live *202rolls were operated by a shafting and system of unguarded cogs. At the…
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