Legal Opinion
The Harold
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided June 30, 1884PublishedCited by 5 opinions
In Admiralty.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
The libelant was one of a number of men procured by a stevedore to shift coal in the steamer Harold. He was at work on the twelfth of December, 1880, in the hold beneath the after hatch, in tending and filling the tubs as they were lowered and raised. While so employed, a plank fell through the hatch and struck his foot, producing a severe injury, for which this action is brought. The hatch above was mostly covered by two platforms running athwart ships across the fore and aft end of the hatch, leaving a space of four or five feet between, sufficient for the tubs to bo hoisted through. One of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Hough v. Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Crispin v. . BabbittNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
- Johnson v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1875
- Illinois Central Railroad v. CoxIllinois Supreme Court · 1858
- Wood v. New Bedford Coal Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1876
3Cited by5 opinions
- Hermann v. Port Blakely Mill Co.District Court, N.D. California · 1896
- The MagdalineDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1898
- Grasso v. The LisnacrieveDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1898
- Killien v. HydeDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1894
- Saunders v. The ColeridgeDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1896