Aho v. Coast Coal Co.

Citations

• 69 Wash. 43
• 124 P. 108
• 1912 Wash. LEXIS 842

Syllabus

<p>Master and Servant—Injuries—Safe Place—Contributory Negligence—Complaint—Sufficiency. A complaint for injuries to a coal miner from falling overhead rock is not demurrable as showing contributory negligence from the fact that it admitted that plaintiff went to work in a place “apparently somewhat unsafe” from want of timbers, which defendant had failed to supply, and which for that reason relieved the plaintiff from the assumption of risks.</p> <p>Damages—Personal Injuries—Excessive Verdict. A verdict for ?4,000 for injuries to a coal miner 31 years of age, earning ¡¡¡100 a month, is not excessive, where his leg was broken in two places, resulting in a thickening of the thigh bone, bending of the leg, and a loss of motion of 90 degrees of the knee joint, and the injury was permanent and incapacitated him from following his employment.</p>