Ferguson v. The Terrier
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
This was a Iihei by Richard F. Ferguson against the steamship Terrier to recover damages for personal injuries.
1Opinion of the Court
BUTLER, District Judge.
The libelant sues for an injury inflicted on him by the vessel while working upon her as a stevedore.
There is no room for serious controversy about the facts involved. While the libelant, with other stevedores was engaged in the vessel’s hold, unloading cargo, her agents and servants commenced relaying the floor of the between deck. This floor had been taken up and stored above for convenience in placing cargo. In passing the flooring down through a hatch immediately over the heads of the stevedores, a plank was allowed to fall, and striking the libelant inflicted…
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