Quigley v. Wilson Line of Massachusetts, Inc.

This is an action of tort to recover for injuries sustained by the plaintiff, while a passenger aboard the defendant’s ship, as a result of an unprovoked assault on him by an intoxicated fellow passenger. The case was tried before a judge, sitting without jury. The defendant excepted to the refusal to give three requests.

The defendant was, on June 26, 1954, the date of the alleged tort, the owner and operator of the vessel “MY Sea Belle,” a common carrier of passengers for hire, manned and controlled by the defendant’s employees and agents. On the date in question, the vessel was carrying…