Morandas v. L. R. Wattis Co.
Oregon Supreme Court
From Lane: John S. Coke, Judge. In Banc. Statement by Mr. Justice Burnett. This is an action by John Morandas, administrator of the estate of John Thalasinos, deceased, against L. R. Wattis Company, a corporation, and Utah Construction Company, a corporation, to recover damages for the death of plaintiff’s decedent, alleged to have happened before the passage of the employers’ liability law, on account of the negligence of the Utah Construction Company and the L. R. Wattis…
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From Lane: John S. Coke, Judge. In Banc. Statement by Mr. Justice Burnett. This is an action by John Morandas, administrator of the estate of John Thalasinos, deceased, against L. R. Wattis Company, a corporation, and Utah Construction Company, a corporation, to recover damages for the death of plaintiff’s decedent, alleged to have happened before the passage of the employers’ liability law, on account of the negligence of the Utah Construction Company and the L. R. Wattis Company, for the latter of whom he was at work. The three defenses of assumed risk, contributory negligence, and…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr., Justice Burnett
delivered the opinion of the court.
The pleadings and the evidence on behalf of the plaintiff disclose substantially a case as follows: The defendant L. B. Wattis Company was a subcontractor under the Utah Construction Company for the grading of a railroad bed in Lane County. For use in the enterprise, it had transported by railway, to a point near which it was to be employed, a steam shovel weighing upward of 30 tons, together with the appliances convenient for its operation. The various parts of the machine having been unloaded from the cars, it was assembled and moved a…
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- Woods v. WikstromOregon Supreme Court · 1913
- Dunn v. Orchard Land Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1913
- Kopacin v. Crown-Columbia Pulp & Paper Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1912
- Kovachoff v. St. Johns Lumber Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1912
- Field v. Northwest Steel Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1913
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