Hammarberg v. St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co.

Citations

• 19 Wash. 537
• 53 P. 727
• 1898 Wash. LEXIS 421

Syllabus

<p>MASTER AND SERVANT — PERSONAL INJURY — FELLOW SERVANT.</p> <p>A millwright employed to make repairs and alterations about a mill and a sawyer engaged in operating a saw therein are not fellow servants; and where the millwright, while employed in making alterations in the mill, above where the sawyer is at work, leaves a heavy chisel on a beam, from which it is jarred by the vibration of the machinery, causing it to fall and injure the sawyer, the latter can recover from their common employer for the injuries sustained.</p>