Legal Opinion

Gunderson v. Bieren

Washington Supreme Court

Decided July 21, 1914No. 11852PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Kittitas county, Kauffman, J., entered October 7, 1913, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for wrongful death.

1Opinion of the CourtGose, J.

Plaintiff brought this action to recover damages for the death of her husband. There was a verdict and judgment in her favor. The defendants have brought the case here for review.

The deceased, at the time of his death, was an experienced stockman in the employ of one Thomas Meaghers, who was engaged in conducting a meat market and buying and handling cattle. A bull, which the deceased had bought of the appellants for his employer, attacked the horse which he was riding, and threw him over and upon the deceased with such force as to fracture the base of the skull, causing an injury from which…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Keightlinger v. EganIllinois Supreme Court · 1872
  2. Lesher v. GetmanSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1883
  3. Bush v. WathenCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1898
  4. Meier v. ShrunkSupreme Court of Iowa · 1890
  5. Harris v. Carstens Packing Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1906

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Hojem v. KellyWashington Supreme Court · 1980
  2. Lander v. ShannonWashington Supreme Court · 1928
  3. Hojem v. KellyCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1978
  4. People Ex Rel. Sklodowski v. StateAppellate Court of Illinois · 1996
  5. Hojem v. KellyCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1978

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