Legal Opinion

Brown v. Reinauer Transportation Companies, LLC

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided September 10, 2009PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Mercure, J.R

*109In July 2003, plaintiff George Brown (hereinafter plaintiff) was injured, allegedly as a result of a fall from a ladder on a barge owned and operated by defendants, his employers. Plaintiff asserted that he fell 8 to 10 feet to the deck of the barge when an antenna pole that he was using as a handrail broke. At the time, plaintiff was attempting to descend from the barge’s deckhouse roof, where he had been filling tanks that supplied fuel to discharge the barge’s cargo. Plaintiff and his wife, derivatively, commenced this action under the Jones Act (46 USC §…

2Cases cited33 opinions

  1. Zuckerman v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
  2. Alvarez v. Prospect HospitalNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
  3. Cohen v. Hallmark Cards, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1978
  4. Rogers v. Missouri Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  5. De Long v. County of ErieNew York Court of Appeals · 1983

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Williams v. Lovell Safety Management Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
  2. Rosen v. MosbyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017
  3. Cheney v. CheneyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
  4. Hurrell-Harring v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014
  5. In re Bridge Construction Services of Florida, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 2016

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