Crooker v. Pacific Lounge & Mattress Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Pierce county, Chapman, J., entered December 2, 1902, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff for $2,500 damages for the loss of an eye, sustained while operating a ripsaw in defendant’s factory, and caused by a stick thrown by the saw.
1Per curiam
This action was brought by plaintiff, Walter V. R. Crooker, a minor, by his father as guardian ad litem against defendant, Pacific Lounge and Mattress Company, a corporation, to recover for personal injuries. The cause was before this court on a former appeal, and is reported in 29 Wash. 30, 69 Pac. 359. The plaintiff was nonsuited at the first trial in the superior court, and on his appeal to this court the judgment of nonsuit was reversed, and the cause was remanded for a new trial. When the case was subsequently called for trial on the 17th day of November, 1902, the superior court made an…
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