Younger v. Union Cooperage Co.
Citations
- 68 Wash. 480
- 123 P. 772
- 1912 Wash. LEXIS 1317
Syllabus
<p>Master and Servant — Negligence op Master — Save Place to Work — Evidence—Sueficiency. The negligence of the master in maintaining a defective blow-off pipe is for the jury, where there was evidence that, by reason of the settling of the boilers and the length of heavy pipe hanging on it for support, there was too heavy a strain placed upon it, and that it was not protected from the heat, which had a tendency to weaken it.</p>
How courts have described this case
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- holding that “to the extent the booking officer incorrectly recorded answers or failed to contact the medical staff, that at most reflects negligent conduct”
- holding that a pretrial detainee asserting a deliberate indifference claim must establish that the defendant’s mental state showed reckless disregard for his safety
- holding that the jail’s ban on controlled substances and evidence that the abrupt discontinuation of Brawner’s prescriptions caused her injury showed a direct causal link between the policy and injury
- stating that “[m]ere negligence is insufficient” to “establish deliberate indifference in this context”
- observing that a defendant must, at the very least, face “an unjustifiably high risk of harm that is . . . so obvious that it should be known” (citation omitted)
- observing that a defendant must, at the very least, face “an unjustifiably high risk of harm that is . . . so obvious that it should be known” (citation omitted)
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Judges: Morris
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