Decker v. Stimson Mill Co.

Citations

• 31 Wash. 522
• 72 P. 98
• 1903 Wash. LEXIS 662

Syllabus

<p>MASTER AND SERVANT — SAFE PLACE TO WORK.</p> <p>An employee of a saw mill who was injured by the giving way of a handrail against which he fell in attempting to cant a log on the log chute, cannot recover damages from his employer, where it appears that the rail was sufficient for its purpose— that of steadying persons passing up and down the chute — and that the accident of falling against the rail while canting logs was one which a reasonably careful employer could not be held to anticipate.</p>