John D. Webber, onesabelo kwiGraham Lundberg Peschel, wafumana isaphulelo semali esizizigidi ezi-2 zeerandi kuJames A. Chamness oneminyaka engama-42 ubudala, umhlali waseSnohomish County owenzakele kakhulu kwingozi yokugawula imithi ngo-2010 eSkagit County. Sasiziqhenya ngokumela uMnu. Chamness nokumnceda endleleni yakhe yokubuyela esimeni esilungileyo. Sifuna ukwabelana ngebali lakhe ngokufutshane.
IINKCUKACHA ZENGOZI
Ngomhla we-13 kweyeDwarha ngo-2010, uJames Chamness wayesebenza njengomsiki weenkuni kwiHornbeck Cutting, Inc., kwindawo yokugawula imithi ebizwa ngokuba yi-“Deers Danger CH” eSkagit County. WashingtonUFrank Harkness Trucking & Logging, LLC, owayesebenza njengomakhi jikelele, wayeqeshe uHornbeck ukuba agawule imithi kwindawo yeDeers Danger. UHarkness wayefumene isivumelwano seenkonzo zokuvuna kunye Washington ISebe leMithombo yeNdalo liza kuvuna, ukususa kunye nokuhambisa imithi kwindawo yeDanger Deers.
UMnu. Chamness kunye nomnye umntu asebenza naye babesika imithi malunga nentsimbi ye-12:45 emva kwemini, kwaye babesele beza kugqiba umsebenzi wosuku. Lo mntu asebenza naye wasika umthi wokugqibela owawa waza wabetha uMnu. Chamness, watyumza icala lasekunene lomzimba wakhe emhlabeni waza wabangela ukwenzakala okukhulu nokungapheliyo. UMnu. Chamness wayevaleleke phantsi komthi owawugawulwe kangangeeyure ngaphambi kokuba akhutshwe ngabasebenzi bezonyango abangxamisekileyo.
ISheriff yeSithili saseSkagit kunye nabasebenzi bezonyango abangxamisekileyo kwafuneka benze umsebenzi onzima wokuthwala uMnu. Chamness iiyadi ezingama-300 ukuya kwindawo apho wayenokufakwa khona emotweni. Emva koko wathuthwa wasiwa kwindawo apho ihelikopta yayinokummisa khona ize imthuthe iye eHarborviewMedicalCenter e Seattle.
ISISHWANKATHELO ESIFUTSHANE SEZINTO EZININZI EZIDINGA UMZIMBA
UJames Chamness yindoda ebalaseleyo kwaye ubomi bakhe abusayi kuze bufane emva kweziganeko ezimbi ezenzeka nge-13 ka-Okthobha 2010. Waphumelela kwi-ArlingtonHigh School ngo-1988, waza ngoko nangoko waya kusebenza kwishishini lokugawula imithi, umsebenzi awawenzayo de kwaba lixesha lengozi nge-13 ka-Okthobha 2010. UMnu. Chamness wafumana ukwenzakala okukhulu, okungapheliyo okuquka:
- Ukuqhekeka kwe-humerus yasekunene
- I-Pelvic fracture
- Inxeba elivulekileyo lempundu
- Inxeba elivulekileyo lesinqe nethanga lasekunene
- Ukunqunyulwa komlenze wasekunene ngaphantsi kwedolo ngotyando olu-8 kunye nokufakelwa i-prosthetic
- Ingxaki yohlengahlengiso kunye nokuxhalaba
- Ukulimala kwe-plexus ye-brachial yasekunene,
- Ukulimala okutyumkileyo kwengalo yasekunene elawulayo ngotyando oluninzi ukuzama ukusindisa ingalo. Ulahlekelwe yi-100% yokusebenza kwengalo yakhe engasentla yasekunene, kwaye kusenokufuneka anqunyulwe imilenze.
IMIBA YOKUGQIBELA UXANDUVA NOMSHWALENSE
Eyona nto iphambili kwimpumelelo ye-GLP kweli tyala yayikukwazi kwethu ukuphanda nokusebenzisa imithetho enzima malunga noxanduva lweengozi kwindawo yokusebenza kunye nemithetho malunga nokusetyenziswa kwemigangatho emininzi yomshuwalense woxanduva ngenxa yelahleko enkulu, njengoko saziswa ngetyala likaMnu. Chamness.
phantsi Washington Ityala leNkundla ePhakamileyo lika UStute v. PMBC, 114 Wn.2d 454, 788 P.2d 545 (1990), ikontrakta jikelele (kule meko uFrank Harkness Trucking & Logging) wayenomsebenzi wokhuseleko kwindawo yokusebenza kwaye unoxanduva lokugqibela lokhuseleko kunye nempilo kwindawo yokusebenza. UHarkness wayesebenza njengokontrakta jikelele kwindawo yeDeers Danger phantsi kwe- imazi uhlalutyo ("imazi umthetho”).
I-GLP ikwazile ukumisela ukuba umthetho weStute uyasebenza kweli tyala ngokubonisa ukuba Washington Iinkundla zolule umthetho ngaphaya kwabasebenzi abaqeshwe ngokubanzi ukuya kwamanye amaqela afana ngokwaneleyo ukuba athethelele ukubeka uxanduva olusemthethweni.
Sifumanise ukuba iHarkness yayine-inshorensi yetyala elilinganiselweyo eyi-$1 yezigidi kuphela. Kwakukho ipolisi ye-inshorensi yetyala lesibini efumanekayo ngeHornbeck Cutting. Sakwazi ukufumana i-$1 yezigidi ezongezelelweyo phantsi komthetho wekhontrakthi ye-inshorensi kunye nesivumelwano sokukhusela i-inshorensi esasayinwa phakathi kweHarkness neHornbeck. Intlawulo iyonke ye-$2 yezigidi imele yonke imida yepolisi ekhoyo.
