Guerrero v. Westgate Lumber Co.

WARNE, J. pro tem. *

This is an appeal from a judgment entered upon a defense verdict in a personal injury action.

Appellant was seriously injured when struck by a large log which fell from the top of a loaded truck. Appellant had, as “tail hooker,” assisted in loading the truck under the direction of the “top-loader,” the respondent Forrest Stillwell, hereinafter referred to as respondent, he being the only respondent involved in the actual loading operation. The logs were lifted onto the truck by means of a cable attached to a tractor which was driven forward and backward according to the…