Gage v. Springston Lumber Co.

Citations

• 53 Wash. 108
• 101 P. 501
• 1909 Wash. LEXIS 1277

Syllabus

<p>Master and Servant — Youthful Employee — Assumption of Risks — Question for Jury. In an action by a youth 15 years of age, injured on a cut-off saw, whether the dangers were obvious and ought to have been avoided is for the jury, where it appears that he was put to work on the saw, which was out of repair and unsafe, without being warned of the increased hazards.</p> <p>Same — Duty of Master — Instructions to Jury. Instructions as to the duty of a master to a youthful employee are not erroneous as assuming questions proved, where they were but the statement of general rules under the issues, and other instructions properly submitted such issues to the jury.</p> <p>Same- — An instruction as to the involuntary contact of an employee with a saw is not erroneous as failing to define “involuntary.”</p>