Williams v. Trecartin
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Solon E. Turner, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 15th day of December, 1913, upon the verdict of a jury for $3,000, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 12th day of December, 1913, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Per curiam
Plaintiff has a judgment for personal injuries against defendant Turner, who was a member of a stevedoring firm which had contracted to discharge cargo from the steamship Massachusetts■ at the foot of Fortieth street, Brooklyn. As one of the longshoremen in defendant’s employ plaintiff had been working on the dock up to six p. M., when he was ordered on board the ship to drive the winch at hatch No. 4. At this time three hatches (Nos. 1, 2 and 4) were working with separate gangs at each hatch. These hatches were estimated to measure about twelve by fifteen feet in size, and were about twelve…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Young v. MillerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1897
- Droge v. John N. Robins Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1908
- Andersen v. New York & Cuba Mail Steamship Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
3Cited by4 opinions
- F. W. Woolworth Co. v. DavisCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1930
- Johnson v. MauNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1931
- Smith v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1924
- Colandria v. China Mutual Steam Navigation Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1929