Stratton v. C. H. Nichols Lumber Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of tbe superior court for King county, Albertson, J., entered April 26, 1904, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiffs, in an action for the death of a servant caught by a set screw in a revolving shaft.
1Opinion of the CourtCrow, J.
This action was brought by respondents, widow and minor son of George Stratton, to recover damages for his death, which occurred while he was working as an employee in the shingle mill of C. H. Nichols Lumber Company, one of the appellants, at Ballard, King county, Washington. From a judgment awarding damages in the sum of $20,000, this appeal has been taken.. George Stratton, a mill man of twenty years’ experience, was employed in appellant’s mill as a shingle sawyer, being in charge of a “ten-block” machine. Within six feet of him was another “ten-block” machine operated by one Freeman…
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