Bull Steamship Lines v. Fisher

Appellee sued appellant on his own behalf and on that of his employer’s workmen’s compensation carrier for injuries sustained while he was upon a quay of the Baltimore harbor as a ship’s carpenter, the injuries resulting from the swinging of a load of lumber attached to a ship’s boom operated by an employee of the appellant. Appellant’s motion for a directed verdict was denied by the lower court, and, after a verdict against it, its motion for judgment N.O.V. was likewise denied. The questions raised are whether there was sufficient evidence of primary negligence, whether appellee was guilty…