Hansen v. Dodwell Dock & Warehouse Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Gilliam, J., entered April 13, 1917, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for personal injuries sustained by an employee through an assault during a strike of union longshoremen.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
The respondent, plaintiff below, while in the employ of the appellant as a longshoreman, was assaulted by members of a riotous mob and severely injured. At the time of the injury, a strike was pending by union longshoremen of the cities of Seattle and Tacoma, and the mob making the assault was composed of such longshoremen and their sympathizers. The respondent instituted this action to recover in damages for his injuries, basing his cause of action upon an oral contract which he alleges was entered into between himself and the appellant, by the terms of which the appellant promised and…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Bennett v. Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1914
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