Legal Opinion
Smith v. United States
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 18, 1924PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GODDARD, District Judge.
This is a suit to recover $50,000 damages for injuries sustained by the libelant, who fell through No. 2 ’tween-deck hateh on the steamship Doehet on August 29, 1921, at about 2 p. m., while she was being loaded with a cargo of flour at the Kent Street dock in Brooklyn, New York.
The libelant seeks to recover on the theory that he was not provided with a reasonably safe place wherein to perform his work and the failure of respondents to provide a sufficient light. Shortly before the accident, the libelant, who then was and had been third officer on the Doehet for some…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- State v. ParsonsWashington Supreme Court · 1906
- Droge v. John N. Robins Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1908
- Williams v. TrecartinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1915
- Andersen v. New York & Cuba Mail Steamship Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
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