May Creek Logging Co. v. Pacific Coast Casualty Co.

Citations

• 82 Wash. 301
• 144 P. 67
• 1914 Wash. LEXIS 1516

Syllabus

<p>Insurance — Indemnity Insurance — -Injuries to Employees — Policy — Construction. A policy of indemnity insurance issued to a logger and insuring against losses arising from claims of damages by the insured’s employees on account of accidental injuries suffered by the employees while in the prosecution of the insured’s logging business, does not cover a loss sustained by the insured’s negligent failure to furnish an employee with hospital, medical and surgical services, under a special contract with employees so to do; and it is immaterial that the insurance company knew that it was the custom of loggers to deduct hospital fees from wages and furnish such hospital and medical treatment.</p>