Cannon v. American Export Lines, Inc.

Plaintiffs intestate, while reporting to work as a guard on a vessel, fell from a ladder providing access from a pier to the vessel, and received injuries from which he died. Defendant Monitor Machinery Corporation was making repairs on the vessel and supplied the ladder. Defendant American Export Lines, Inc., was the general agent under a general agency agreement “to manage and conduct the business of” *977the vessel, which was owned by the United States of America. In this action to recover damages for wrongful death and for conscious pain and suffering, the complaint as against defendant…