GOOD v. WEST SEATTLE GEN. HOSP. CORP.

No. 34699.

53 Wn.2d 617 (1959)

335 P.2d 590

MARVIN GOOD et al., Appellants, v. THE WEST SEATTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department Two.

February 19, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick B. Cohen and John E. Bowen, for appellants.

Skeel, McKelvy, Henke, Evenson & Uhlmann, for respondent.


ROSELLINI, J.

Evelyn Good, who will be referred to in this opinion as the plaintiff, was injured while engaged in moving an anesthesia machine down a ramp in the defendant's hospital in West Seattle, where she was employed as a nurse anesthetist. The accident happened when the machine tipped back upon her, pinning her to the floor. In her complaint, it was alleged that the defendant was negligent (1) in failing to keep its premises safe for its employees, (2) in failing...

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