Rasi v. Howard Manufacturing Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for ' King county, Gilliam, J., entered June 23, 1919, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action in tort.
1Opinion of the CourtMount, J.
This appeal is from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff in an action for personal injuries. The defendant has appealed.
The principal and only question necessary for us to consider is whether the action may he sustained.
The facts are as follows: The appellant is a corporation engaged in business in Seattle in the manufacture of woodenware. It has various power-driven machines which are used in its factory. One of these machines is a sanding machine for smoothing flat hoards. The respondent was employed as an off-hearer upon this sanding machine. In some manner her left hand was caught between…
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