Cully v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.

Citations

• 35 Wash. 241
• 77 P. 202
• 1904 Wash. LEXIS 440

Syllabus

<p>Discovery— Interrogatories — Accident Report — Confidential Communications. In an action against a railroad company for personal injuries to an employe, it is proper to strike out from interrogatories for a discovery, propounded to the defendant under Bal. Code, § 6009, one that compels the defendant to produce the accident report and confidential correspondence touching the case, since such communications are privileged.</p> <p>Same — Inspection oe Papers. Doubted whether the production of documentary evidence can be enforced by interrogatories under Bal. Code, § 6009, in view of § 6047, making provision for their inspection.</p> <p>Master and Servant — Negligence—Safe Place — Injury to Servant by Slide in Gravel Pit. An employe working in and about a gravel pit cannot recover for injuries received by reason of a slide, where there was no evidence of negligence on the part of the master in failing to discover the danger or to give warning thereof, since the rule that he must furnish a safe place in which to work has no application to that class of cases.</p>