Washington Supreme Court, 1928

Miller v. Western Stevedore Co.

Miller v. Western Stevedore Co.
Washington Supreme Court · Decided September 25, 1928 · PER CURIAM.
270 P. 310; 149 Wash. 698; 1928 Wash. LEXIS 669

Miller v. Western Stevedore Co.

Opinion of the Court

On Rehearing.

Per Curiam.

In the petition for rehearing in this case our attention is especially called to two decisions both of which were cited in the briefs in the case and considered at the time the Departmental opinion was written, but it was not then thought *699 necessary to specially notice them. One of these cases is Alaska Pacific Steamship Co. v. Egan, 202 Fed. 867, which differs from the case now before us in that there the action was not against a stevedore contracting to do a particular thing upon a vessel and using the vessel’s appliances in pursuit of the work. The other case, that of Port of New York Stevedoring Corporation v. Castagna, 280 Fed. 618, is different in that there the defect which caused the plaintiff’s injury, as shown by the evidence, was obvious and the slightest inspection would have discovered it.

The Departmental opinion reported in 148 Wash. 155, 268 Pac. 177, is adhered to and the petition for rehearing will be denied.

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