Lahti v. Rothschild

Citations

• 60 Wash. 438
• 111 P. 451
• 1910 Wash. LEXIS 1065

Syllabus

<p>Master and Servant — Negligence—Appliance—Evidence—>Sueeiciency. It is actionable negligence to use á large link chain for holding a sling load of small dimension lumber, in lowering the same into the hold of a ship, whereby some of the pieces slipped from the load and fell upon a stevedore, where it appears that it was suitable only for large timbers, and it was customary to use a small chain, one witness testifying that difficulty was encountered in its use and complaint made to the foreman.</p> <p>Master and Servant — Assumption oe Risks — Comprehension oe Danger. In such a case, an injured stevedore of long experience did not assume the risk, as a matter of law, where he testified that he had never had any experience with a chain of that size in handling small dimension lumber and did not know that it would not hold the pieces securely, and he had worked five or six days with the chain in question without any occurrence that would suggest the danger of pieces slipping from the load.</p>