Ulrickson v. Soderberg

Citations

• 69 Wash. 347
• 124 P. 909
• 1912 Wash. LEXIS 907

Syllabus

<p>Master and Servant—Injuries—Negligence—Proximate Cause —Concurrent Negligence. An employer is responsible for injuries to his servant, a derrickman, caused by the fall of a boom through an insufficient number of coils of cable on the drum, where his failure to furnish sufficient cable was as much the proximate cause of the accident as the negligence of the engineer in allowing too much cable to run off the drum.</p> <p>Damages—Personal Injuries—Excessive Verdict. A verdict for $6,000 for injuries sustained by a derrickman thirty-two years of age, earning $3.50 per day is not excessive, where his arm was broken in several places, and its use permanently impaired, his shoulder was dislocated, he was in the hospital thirteen weeks, and had to undergo four operations, incurring an expense of $650 and losing $1,000 in wages up to the time of the trial.</p>