Holloway v. Savage
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the superior court for Pierce county, Easterday, J., entered July 13, 1911, granting a new trial, after the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff for personal injuries sustained by an employee engaged in installing heavy machinery.
1Opinion of the CourtCrow, J.
Action by M. W. Holloway against George M. Savage and W. It. Nichols, copartners, to recover damages for personal injuries. The jury returned a verdict for $15,-000, upon which judgment was entered in plaintiff’s favor. Thereafter the trial judge made and entered an order granting a new trial, from which plaintiff has appealed.
Appellant, an employee of respondents, was engaged as foreman in the work of installing certain machinery, including a large flywheel, about ten feet in diameter. One Cummings, respondents’ chief engineer, superior in rank to appellant, directed appellant to delay the…
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