Legal Opinion
McPherson v. Twin Harbor Stevedoring & Tug Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Decided April 23, 1926No. 19718. Department TwoPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMain, J.
This action was brought to recover damages for personal injuries. The cause was tried to the court and a jury and resulted in a verdict in the sum of $11,600. The defendant interposed a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and also for a new trial, both of which were overruled. Judgment was entered upon the verdict and the defendant appeals.
The accident happened on the morning of April 15, 1924. For ten or twelve days prior to this, the appellant had been engaged in loading a vessel, which was alongside the dock of the Grays Harbor Lumber Company in the city of Hoquiam in this…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Atlantic Transport Co. of W. Va. v. ImbrovekSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Gila Valley, Globe & Northern Railway Co. v. HallSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Pacific American Fisheries v. HoofCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1923
- Port of New York Stevedoring Corp. v. CastagnaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1922
- Haverty v. International Stevedoring Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1925
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Cummins v. DufaultWashington Supreme Court · 1943
- Selaster v. SimmonsArizona Supreme Court · 1932
- Blanco v. Sun Ranches, Inc.Washington Supreme Court · 1951
- Wallace v. United StatesDistrict Court, W.D. Washington · 1926
- Kahlstrom v. International Stevedoring Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1926
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