Legal Opinion
Tringali v. Hathaway Machinery Co.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 30, 1986No. Nos. 85-1711, 85-1830PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREYER, Circuit Judge.
These two appeals arise out of an accident on a fishing boat. Domenico Tringali, the boat’s master, was using a winch with a line wrapped around it to pull a net filled with fish. The line became tangled around the spinning winch shaft, the free end whipped around his leg, and it pulled him into the mechanism, mangling his leg. He sued Hathaway, the winch manufacturer. The district court found that Hathaway should have provided a cover for the shaft and a more accessible safety brake; it awarded Tringali and his family about $1 million in damages. Hathaway appeals the…
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