Wainwright v. United States Lumber Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Snohomish county, Black, J., entered December 30, 1911, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for personal injuries sustained by an off-bearer in a sawmill.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
The appellant, in the year 1910, owned and operated a sawmill located at Darrington, in this state. The respondent was employed therein as off-bearer at the cutoff saw, and was injured by coming in contact with such saw. This is an appeal from a judgment in his favor, entered in an action brought to recover damages for such injury.
The saw at which the respondent was injured was set in a swinging frame, hung in such manner that the saw could be used to trim and cut into proper lengths cants and other timbers brought to it from the head saw of the mill. The means used to bring the timbers to…
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