Legal Opinion
Baltimore Steamship Co. v. Phillips
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 16, 1927No. 271PublishedCited by 611 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sutherland
The respondent, an infant 18 years of age, while employed on board-a vessel operated by petitioners was injured by the fall of a strongback used to support a portion of the hatch, and as a result suffered the amputation of a leg. A libel was filed in admiralty to recover damages in the sum of $15,000 against the petitioners and the United States in the federal district court for the district of Maryland. The libel alleged that the injury was caused by negligence in failing to provide a safe place to work, and to use reasonable care to avoid striking respondent, and by the unseaworthiness and…
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