Legal Opinion
Blosky v. Overseas Shipping Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 18, 1927PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtFinch, J.
The plaintiff recovered a verdict against the defendant for damages for personal injuries suffered while working in the employ of the defendant as a longshoreman. The theory of the plaintiff’s action upon the trial was that the defendant, through its foreman in charge of the work, changed the method of doing the work.
The plaintiff and six other men were engaged in unloading boxes of tin from a covered barge into the hold of a vessel alongside while moored at a pier in the East river, port of New York. The entire work was under the direction of a foreman named Kiplock. During the forenoon the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Atlantic Transport Co. of W. Va. v. ImbrovekSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- International Stevedoring Co. v. HavertySupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Patrone v. M. P. Howlett, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1924
- Haverty v. International Stevedoring Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1925
- Glennon v. Star Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1909
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- Buckley v. Cunard Steamship Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1931