Rosin v. Danaher Lumber Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Pierce county, Shackleford, J., entered August 5, 1910, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for personal injuries sustained by an employee in a sawmill.
1Opinion of the CourtCrow, J.
Action by Jacob Rosin against Danaher Lumber Company, a corporation, to recover damages for personal injuries. From a judgment in plaintiff’s favor, the defendant has appealed.
Appellant owns a dry kiln, provided with a sliding door, about sixteen feet three inches long, and ten feet six inches wide, weighing , twelve hundred pounds. Respondent was employed by appellant as an unskilled laborer. On March 5, 1910, appellant’s foreman decided to remove the door and lower it to a horizontal position. For this purpose he called five workmen, including respondent. These men, with the foreman, under…
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