Cole v. Spokane Gas & Fuel Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Huneke, J., entered June 21, 1911, upon withdrawing the case from the consideration of the jury, dismissing an action for injuries sustained by a stoker employed in a gas plant.
1Opinion of the CourtChadwick, J.
Appellant was a stoker in the employ of respondent. He brought this action to recover compensation for injuries which he says resulted from respondent’s negligence. The case is predicated upon the legal principle *394that it is the duty of an employer to provide the servant such safe and sufficient appliances or instrumentalities as are reasonably calculated to insure the safety of the servant, and to maintain them in a reasonable state of repair. Appellant was forty-three years old at the time he was injured, and had performed common labor for many years. He had worked as a stoker for respondent…
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