New Terminal Warehouse Corp. v. Wilson

J. CURTISS BROWN, Chief Justice.

This wrongful death suit involves an accident on a dock in which plaintiff’s husband, a longshoreman, was struck and killed by a truck backing up to a crane.

New Terminal Warehouse Corporation (appellant or New Terminal), is in the business of warehousing goods shipped by water, and provides docks for loading or unloading operations. On the morning of January 22,1978, New Terminal had docked at its facilities a barge of fertilizer grain to be unloaded and stored. New Terminal arranged for Southern Stevedoring Company, Inc. (Southern) to provide a crane and a…