Jewett v. Kerwood

Quaere: Can a workman injured as a result of the negligence or wrong of another not in the same employ, for which injury the workman is entitled to recover benefits under the Washington workmen’s compensation act (Laws of 1911, chapter 74, p. 345, as amended; Rem. Rev. Stat., § 7673 et seq., as amended [cf. RCW 51.04.010 et seq.]), elect to sue the person whose negligence or wrong caused the injury if that person is an employer under the act and his negligence or wrong arose out of and was connected with the extrahazardous business or employment in which he was then engaged, he having made…