Westby v. Washington Brick, Lime & Manufacturing Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Belt, J., entered June 29, 1904,.upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff for $3,200 for personal injuries sustained by an employee through the starting of a roller crusher without warning.
1Opinion of the CourtDurbar, J.
The respondent, a young man, twenty-four years old, had the tips of his fingers caught iu a roller crusher in a brick factory, which was owned and operated by the appellant, in Spokane county. His left arm was drawn through the roller crusher, badly breaking and mangling it, and tearing the ligaments so that the arm had to be amputated; also, mangling his shoulder to a certain extent, where the crusher stopped. The complaint alleged negligence on the part of the defendant, iu that it furnished the plaintiff with defective machinery to work with, and that it failed to give the notice of the…
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