Legal Opinion
Fill v. Cunard S. S. Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided September 15, 1914PublishedCited by 2 opinions
In Admiralty. Suit by William Fill against the Cunard Steamship Company, Limited.
1Opinion of the Court
HAZEL, District Judge.
Libel in personam against the Cunard Steamship Company, Limited, to recover for personal injuries sustained by the libelant at about 8 o’clock in the forenoon of November 8, 1908, while he was engaged in eoiling rope on the barge Fiersimus preparatory to making her fast alongside the steamer Slavonia, which was moored to her dock at Pier No. 52, North River, for the purpose of supplying her with coal, when suddenly, without notice to him, the steamer ejected steam and hot water from the exhaust or outlet at her side, scalding him and inflicting serious injuries and…
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