Kahlstrom v. International Stevedoring Co.

This suit is one to recover damages for injuries resulting in the death of one Charles Kahlstrom, employed as a stevedore by the appellant in loading a barge.

The appellant’s statement as to the nature of the work, the description of the barge and its hold where the piles were being stowed, the method of loading and the arrangement of the appliances and tackle employed in loading, is accepted by the respondent in her brief, and, summarized, shows this state of facts:

The barge was being loaded with long wooden piles at a pier in the city of Seattle, and the loading operation, which had been…