Legal Opinion
LaGrega v. Farrell Lines, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 12, 1989PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (David H. Edwards, Jr., J.), entered on May 9, 1988, which denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Plaintiff, a longshoreman, was seriously injured while discharging a cargo of coffee beans from defendant’s vessel. During the unloading operation, numerous bags of beans, each weighing between 120 and 140 pounds, fell upon plaintiff from an upper tier in the cargo hold. The sworn deposition testimony of plaintiff alleged that the sacks of beans had been improperly stowed and covered over with properly stowed bags…
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