Sandberg v. Lytle Logging & Mercantile Co.

Citations

• 73 Wash. 648
• 132 P. 647
• 1913 Wash. LEXIS 1654

Syllabus

<p>Master and Servant — Injury to Servant — Negligence—Duty to Warn. Where a sniper in logging operations was required to work fast near the path of the haulback line, on a steep hill, where the hook tender looked after the line and warned the men of his crew, the master is not relieved of the duty to give warning of sudden dangers arising, by the fact that the sniper was an experienced woodsman and bound by his knowledge of dangers from the moving cable.</p> <p>Same — Contributory Negligence — Sudden Emergencies. A sniper in a logging camp struck by a sliding log, is not guilty of contributory negligence in not heeding a warning, where a special verdiet established that the warning was not given in time, he was caught while in the act of moving, and was absorbed in his work when suddenly confronted with the danger.</p>