Labee v. Sultan Logging Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the superior court for Snohomish county, Black, J., entered January 12, 1907, setting aside a nonsuit and granting a new trial, in an action for personal injuries sustained by an employee through the' breaking of a cable.
1Opinion
On Rehearing.
Fullerton, J.
— This case is before us on rehearing. For the former opinion see LaBee v. Sultan Logging Co., 47 Wash. 57, 91 Pac. 560, where will be found a statement of the issues involved. In the petition for rehearing, as well as in the oral argument made at bar, it is insisted that the court erred in applying the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur to a case between master and servant. It is contended that this doctrine is applicable only “to cases between carrier and passenger, and other cases wherein the person sought to be held occupies the relation of insurer,” but is never…
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