Carkonen v. Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the superior court for King county, Jurey, J., entered January 23, 1917, setting aside a judgment and granting a new trial, in an action for wrongful death.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
One John Athanasiades, while engaged in labor as a section hand on respondent’s line of railway, was run over and Mlled by one of its regular passenger trains. The appellant, as administrator of the estate of the decedent, brought an action un*12der the Federal employers’ liability act to recover for the benefit of the widow and minor children. Verdicts were returned for $2,850 in favor of the widow, $900 in favor of the elder daughter, and $1,950 in favor of the younger daughter, aggregating a total of $5,700. Judgment was entered upon the verdict, and two days thereafter the respondent moved…
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