Briglio v. Holt & Jeffery
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Smith, J., entered June 16, 1914, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiffs, in an action for personal injuries caused by blasting.
1Opinion of the CourtHolcomb, J.
The judgment here to be reviewed is-one awarding damages to the respondents Louisa Briglio, the wife, and Nicola Briglio, her husband, for injuries sustained by Louisa Briglio on June 20, 1913, through being struck with a piece of debris from a blast exploded by appellant’s workmen. The case presented by the evidence to the court and jury was this: At the time of the blast, appellant had a contract with the city of Seattle to grade certain streets, and the particular stump the blasting of which caused the injury was in Atlantic street, about 300 feet distant from respondents’ dwelling. The…
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