Neptune Steam Nav. Co. v. Borkmann
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for thfe District of Maryland'.
1Opinion of the Court
BRAWLEY, District Judge.
This is an appeal from the decree of the United States district court of Maryland, in admiralty, awarding $4,000 damages to the libelant for personal injuries sustained while in the performance of his duty by reason of defective appliances used on the steamship Venango. Borkmann, the libelant, was one of a gang of stevedores employed to unload the ship, January 22, 1901, while lying at her wharf in Baltimore, and was assisting in rigging a heavy boom which was to be used in discharging the ship’s cargo, and while so engaged a wire rope or band which was fastened to one…
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