Humes v. Fritz Companies, Inc.

¶1 — Kenneth Humes sued the defendants for an injury he suffered outside the Tulalip Indian Reservation casino. At the time of the injury, Joe Crowder was driving a truck for Fritz Companies and Humes was operating a crane. Humes loaded a container onto Crowder’s truck, and Crowder began to drive his truck away before anyone could detach the cable of the crane from the container. The truck pulled on the crane cables and lifted the crane off its rear. Humes jumped out of the crane cab in fear that the truck would pull the crane end-over-end. Crowder stopped his truck before any damage would…