Legal Opinion
De Clara v. Barber Steamship Lines, Inc.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 17, 1956PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFuld, J.
Francisco De Clara, a stevedore, was killed on Pier 38, Atlantic Basin, Brooklyn, New York, when a large metal door fell upon him. The pier where the accident occurred was owned by the New York Dock Company and leased to the Barber Steamship Lines, Inc. De Clara was employed by the Atlantic Stevedoring Company, an independent contractor engaged by Barber to load and unload its vessels.
In addition to his wife, De Clara left eight children, one of whom was a minor. The Workmen’s Compensation Board made an award of death benefits to the widow and her infant son. Ten months later, having in the…
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