Hubbard v. Tacoma Eastern Railroad

Citations

• 101 Wash. 158
• 172 P. 222
• 1918 Wash. LEXIS 814

Syllabus

<p>Master and Servant — Injury to Servant —■ Defective Appliances—Proximate Cause—Question for 'Jury. Where the death of a brakeman was caused by the sudden parting of the train, when the air hose broke and set the brakes, and a defective coupling gave way under the strain, the defective coupling was a contributing cause, and it is error to grant a nonsuit on the theory that the bursting of the air hose was the proximate cause of the accident, there being evidence tending to show that, if the train had not parted, the tender of the engine would have been a great factor of safety in preventing the accident, making the proximate cause a question for the jury.</p>