The Kinghorn
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of New York. Dibel in admiralty by Frank Sleemas against the steamship Kinghorn (claimed by the Britannia Steamship Company) and the Northern Dock Company. From a decree adjudging said Dock Company solely liable for injuries to libelant, it appeals.
1Per curiam
Uibelant was an employee of the Northern Dock Company, the" master stevedore employed to stow cargo on the King-horn. As a working stevedore he was in the vessel’s hold, when a cargo draft came down with undue speed and inflicted the injuries for which he sued.
[1] The reason why the draft came down so rapidly was that the man at the winch could not properly regulate the speed of descent, and the reason why he could not was that there was an improper lead from the draft to the winch drum, which could have been remedied by using appliances at hand, and which had already been employed at another…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Sowles v. Norcross Bros.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1912
- Simpson v. . Atlantic Coast Shipping Company, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1921
- Simpson v. Atlantic Coast Shipping Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1920
3Cited by3 opinions
- Haverty v. International Stevedoring Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1925
- McPherson v. Twin Harbor Stevedoring & Tug Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1926
- The Llewellyn J. MorseDistrict Court, S.D. California · 1928