Sanders v. Stimson Mill Co.
Sanders v. Stimson Mill Co.
070rehearing
On Petition fob Rehearing.
This case was originally argued and submitted at the May term of court, 1903, and the decision is reported in 32 Wash. 627, 73 Pac. 688, where a statement of the case can be found.
It was there decided that there was no negligence on the part of respondent which was shown to he the proximate cause of the injury to the appellant, and the action of the trial court in taking the case from the jury and rendering judgment for the respondent on that ground was approved. But, upon the argument of the case in this court, it was contended by the appellant that he was entitled, under a maritime contract, to compensation for medical services and attentions and other expenses incident to his recovery, he being hurt while in the service of the ship, regardless of the question of negligence. This view was adopted hy this court, and the judgment was modified to that extent, and the cause remanded with instructions to the trial court to'allow appellant to introduce proof of damages of this character. Upon petition for rehearing being filed by both appellant and respondent, the cause was reassigned, and has been again argued and submitted.
Hot only was there no claim for damages of this character made in the canse, but it could not have been made in this action; for under our code, an action in tort and an action on contract cannot be joined. Clark v. Great Northern Ry. Co., 31 Wash. 658, 72 Pac. 477.
The judgment is affirmed.
Fullerton, C. J., and Hadley, Mount, and Anders, JJ., concur.
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- Seaman — Action by Seaman rob Personal Injuries — Complaint in Tort — No Recovery Under Maritime Contract — Question First Raised on Appeal. In an action by a seaman for an injury while in the service of the ship where the complaint is in tort for the negligence of the defendant, without any element of maritime contract, the plaintiff, upon failing to establish negligence, is not entitled to recover for medical attendance and expenses incident to his recovery, under a maritime contract, when the question was first raised on appeal, since the case must be determined upon the theory on which it was tried below (Sanders v. Stimson Mill Co., 32 Wash. 627, overruled in part). Same — Actions—Joindeb of Action in Tobt and on Conteact. An action in tort for personal injuries to a seaman through negligence of his employer cannot he joined with an action on the maritime contract for medical attendance and expenses incident to his recovery: