Simpson v. Atlantic Coast Shipping Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Atlantic Coast Shipping Company, Inc., from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 16th day of April, 1919, upon the verdict of a jury for $10,000, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 15th day of April, 1919, denying defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, J.:
The plaintiff is a longshoreman. The defendant was loading and unloading vessels at Norfolk, Va., and employed the plaintiff upon this work. In the course of the business a derrick was used which was furnished by the shipowner. When the defendant’s men were getting ready to load the ship it was found that the boom upon the derrick was required to be moved. The boom upon the derrick was a heavy one. This boom is held in place by what is called a topping lift, which, in this case, consisted of a wire cable fastened to the end of the boom and going from there to a pulley at the top of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Chelentis v. Luckenbach Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1918
- Atlantic Transport Co. of W. Va. v. ImbrovekSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Scarff v. . MetcalfNew York Court of Appeals · 1887
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