Donovan v. Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc.

The plaintiff was employed as stevedore at a dock on the North River by William Spencer & Son Corporation to receive bags of quebracho from a chute leading from a steamship owned by the defendant and to move them to a lighter at the other side of the dock. Whenever bags *408were delivered into the chute an employee of the defendant on the steamship was expected to shout a warning to the persons receiving the bags on the dock. In the course of his work the plaintiff, on July 8, 1941, was struck by one of the bags and suffered injuries for which he has recovered. It was the claim of the plaintiff…