Coppa v. Royal Netherlands S. S. Co.

In an action by a longshoreman to recover damages for personal injuries sustained while loading pipe in the hold of the S. S. Triton, which is owned by the corporate defendant, defendants appeal from a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon the verdict of a jury. Judgment unanimously affirmed, with costs. In our opinion the proof sustained the findings, implicit in the jury’s verdict under the charge of the court, to which defendants did not except, that the accident was caused by a dangerous list in the ship and that the list constituted an unseaworthy condition under the circumstances…