Legal Opinion
Aho v. Coast Coal Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Decided June 14, 1912No. 10345PublishedCited by 1 opinion
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Pierce county, Card, J., entered November 9, 1911, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, for personal injuries sustained by a coal miner in the fall of rock.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
The appellant owns and operates a coal mine, located at Spiketon, in Pierce county. The respondent was employed by the appellant to work as a miner therein, and while so engaged with others driving a gangway or tunnel along the coal vein, was injured by a piece of shale rock falling upon him from the roof of the gangway. In his complaint the respondent stated the cause and manner of his injury in the following language:
“That while employed by defendant at mining in said vein of coal on said 23rd day of September, 1910, plaintiff and his partner, John Johnson, came to a place in said vein…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Hall v. West & Slade Mill Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1905
- Starck v. Washington Union Coal Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1910
3Cited by1 opinion
- Ritchey v. Southern Gem Coal Corp.District Court, E.D. Illinois · 1926