McVey v. Hughes
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 234, Jan. T., 1913, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. No. 5, Philadelphia Co., March T., 1910, No. 3286, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Michael McVey v. William J. Hughes and Morris Boney, Jr., trading as Morris Boney and Son. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Ralston, J. The facts appear in the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 234, Jan. T., 1913, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. No. 5, Philadelphia Co., March T., 1910, No. 3286, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Michael McVey v. William J. Hughes and Morris Boney, Jr., trading as Morris Boney and Son. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Ralston, J. The facts appear in the opinion of the Supreme Court. At the trial defendant’s counsel presented points for instructions which with the court’s answers thereto were as follows: “4. There is no evidence which would justify a recovery by plaintiff on the ground that defendants…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Stewaet,
The defendants are a firm of stevedores. The plaintiff, a laborer in their employ, received his injuries while engaged in his regular work under the following circumstances : In the course of their business defendants were unloadiug a cargo of iron ore from a certain steamship. Part of the vessel’s permanent equipment was a steam winch for hoisting the cargo to the deck. A bucket of iron ore had been hoisted by means of the *115.winch to the level of the deck where it remained suspended for a few minutes, waiting for the men on deck to pull it towards the shore. For…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Brunner v. Blaisdell Bros.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1895