Brinkman v. Oil Transfer Corp.

Plaintiff, then sixteen years old, was, while employed as a seaman on defendant’s tug and tow proceeding through the New York Barge Canal, so seriously injured that his leg had to be amputated a few hours after the accident. The young man’s father was master of the tug at the time, and his father and mother arranged for urgently required surgical and hospital care. Plaintiff was confined in a hospital for about a month, then convalesced at his parents ’ home for more than two years. This suit was brought by the infant mariner, through Ms mother as guardian ad litem, to enforce defendant’s…