Giuricevic v. City of Tacoma
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Pierce county, Chapman, J., entered January 9, 1909, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for injuries sustained by an employee through the negligent fall of a pole.
1Opinion of the CourtGose, J.
This suit was brought to recover for personal injuries. From a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff, the defendant has appealed.
*330The complaint states that, at the time the injury was received, the respondent was working for the city in grading a street in which the city had placed a large electric light pole; that, in grading, the city negligently caused the earth to be excavated around the pole to such an extent that it was dangerous and liable to fall; that the city had notice of its dangerous condition prior to the injury; that the respondent, at the instance of the city, was working near…
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