Hageman v. Puget Sound Electric Railway

Citations

• 80 Wash. 442
• 141 P. 1027
• 1914 Wash. LEXIS 1330

Syllabus

<p>Carriers — Passengers — Free Passes — Employees — Contract Bights. An employee riding on a free pass given as p^rt of tlie consideration for lier services, is a passenger for Lire, and a clause exempting the carrier from liability for negligence is void as against public policy; while it would not he so if the pass were a pure gratuity.</p> <p>Same—Free Passes—Waiver of Contract Rights. An employee contracting for a free pass whenever desired, as part of the consideration for her services, whereby she would become a passenger for hire, may waive her contract rights, and does so, where, after the employment, her written application therefor and the pass both stipulated that the pass was a pure gratuity without any consideration (Main, Gose, and Ellis, JJ., dissenting).</p>