Nalewaja v. Northwestern Improvement Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Pierce county, Clifford, J., entered November 12, 1910, upon the ver-' diet of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff; in an action for personal injuries sustained by a coal miner through the fall of roclc.
1Opinion of the CourtGose, J.
The respondent, plaintiff below, was injured by the falling of a rock while working for the appellant corporation in a coal mine as an underground miner. The appellant McDowell was the superintendent of the appellant corporation at the time the accident happened. There was a verdict and judgment for the respondent. . This appeal followed.
The respondent was forty years óf age and had had eighteen years’ experience as a coal miner when he received the injury complained of. The interior of the mine where the coal was being miiied consisted of gangways, counters, chutes, air courses, arid fans.…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Smith v. Hecla Mining Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1905
- Delaski v. Northwestern Improvement Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1910
- Kreymborg v. ThurstonWashington Supreme Court · 1911