De Simone v. South African Marine Corp.

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Aronin, J.), dated December 12,1979, which denied its motion for summary judgment. Order reversed, on the law, without costs or disbursements, motion granted, and complaint dismissed. Plaintiff claimed that, while working as a longshoreman on July 8, 1973, he had been injured loading defendant’s ship. He alleged that one of defendant’s employees had negligently untied a cargo net fastened to the ship, causing it to become caught on the side of the vessel. Consequently,…