Pearson v. Arlington Dock Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Cross-appeals from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Ronald, J., entered February 28, 1919, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, as against one defendant, and granting a motion for judgment non obstante as to the other defendant, in an action for personal injuries sustained by a stevedore in loading a vessel.
1Opinion of the CourtBridges, J.
The plaintiff was injured while acting in the capacity of a stevedore in loading the steamship ‘ ‘ Sono Maru, ’ ’ which vessel was owned by the Transoceanic Company and lay alongside of the Arlington dock, at Seattle. The complaint charged the defendant Arlington Dock Company with negligence in employing an incompetent man to operate the electric winch located on its wharf. The negligence charged against the defendant North Coast Stevedoring Company was that its hatch tender negligently directed the operation of the electric winch. There was a ver*16diet in favor of the plaintiff and against…
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