Bennett v. Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Lewis county, Wright, J., entered November 13, 1913, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for personal injuries sustained by a passenger in a train wreck.
1Opinion of the CourtChadwick, J.
Plaintiff was a passenger upon a passenger train, operated by the Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company over the tracks of the Northern Pacific Railway Company. Plaintiff had been riding in the day coach. He went forward into the smoker, and while standing in the car with his hands upon the back of a seat, the train was wrecked. The car in which he was riding left the track. The forward car smashed in the front end of the smoker, and plaintiff was struck upon the head by the end of the car or wreckage. He suffered a scalp wound. Defendants admit liability. The case was submitted to…
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