Week v. Fremont Mill Co.

Citations

• 3 Wash. 629
• 29 P. 215
• 1892 Wash. LEXIS 133

Syllabus

<p>MASTER AND SERVANT — DEFECTIVE MACHINERY — CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE.</p> <p>A servant employed, about dangerous machinery assumes the risks of such employment, and where he is injured in consequence of a defect in the machinery about which lie is employed, and which is placed under his care, and from the nature of his employment and his duties in connection therewith he is better acquainted with the condition of such machinery and the danger of the service than his employer or any of his fellow servants, he cannot recover in an action against his employer for such injuries.</p>