Anderson v. Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co.

Citations

• 28 Wash. 467
• 68 P. 863
• 1902 Wash. LEXIS 506

Syllabus

<p>MASTER AND SERVANT-INJURY TO EMPLOYEE-NEGLIGENCE OE MASTER-DUTY IN DIRECTION OE DETAILS OE SIMPLE WORK.</p> <p>Negligence is not imputable to a railway company from tbe fact that a bridge carpenter, who had been directed with other carpenters and trackmen to load some rails upon a flat car, had the Angers of one hand crushed in lowering one of the rails, which had not been lowered in concert because of the failure of the man who gave the signals “high up” and '‘heave away” to give the second signal, since the work of loading the rails was simple and uncomplicated, and any dangers connected with it were obvious, and no duty was imposed upon the master requiring the direction of the details of such simple work.</p>