Seghetti v. Eatonville Lumber Co.

Citations

• 65 Wash. 378
• 118 P. 310
• 1911 Wash. LEXIS 933

Syllabus

<p>Master and Servant — Contributory Negligence — Adopting Unsafe Methods. An operator of a resaw is guilty of contributory negligence, as a matter of law, where, instead of using a stick or stopping the cogs with a lever, a safe way provided by the master for the removal of a splinter, well known to him and which would have taken hut a few seconds, he voluntarily took up an unsafe position and attempted to remove the splinter with his hand.</p>