Hansen v. Seattle Lumber Co.

Citations

• 31 Wash. 604
• 72 P. 457
• 1903 Wash. LEXIS 677

Syllabus

<p>NEGLIGENCE —' LIABILITY OF MASTER-SUFFICIENCY OF EVIDENCE.</p> <p>In an action by a servant for personal injuries, where there is no evidence, either direct or circumstantial, as to how the accident happened, but merely evidence of different causes that could have produced the injury, for some of which the master might have been liable, there can be no recovery unless it is established that the injury could have been produced in no other way than by some act or omission amounting to negligence on the part of the master.</p>