Desjardins v. St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co.

Citations

• 54 Wash. 278
• 102 P. 1034
• 1909 Wash. LEXIS 984

Syllabus

<p>Master and Servant — Fellow Servants — Superior — Detail oe Work. Where a millwright, acting as foreman, and assisting in the erection of a post, which he was holding in place with his hands, negligently let go, whereupon it fell and injured his helper, he is, as to such act, a fellow servant, where it appears that a mere hoy could have held the post; since that was a mere detail of the work for which the master was not responsible.</p> <p>Same — Negligence—-Proximate Cause. Where a millwright who was holding a post in position negligently let go and it fell, causing injury to a fellow servant, his negligence was the proximate cause of the injury, and it is immaterial that the post would not have fallen if a sling had been attached nearer the top of the post.</p>