Johnson v. Griffiths-Sprague Stevedoring Co.

Citations

• 45 Wash. 278
• 88 P. 193
• 1907 Wash. LEXIS 455

Syllabus

<p>Master and Servant — Improper Appliances — Negligence of Master — Evidence—Question for Jury. There is sufficient evidence to make a case for the jury as to the negligence and knowledge of a master using an unsafe appliance in lowering steel plates into the hold of a vessel, where a number of witnesses testified that the clamp used for the purpose dropped plates repeatedly and finally had to be abandoned for-that reason, and it appears that it was not in common use or an ordinary recognized appliance for that purpose.</p> <p>Same. The master cannot experiment with, but assumes the risk of the safety of, appliances not in common use.</p>