Legal Opinion

Griffin v. Cunard Steamship Co.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided December 5, 1913PublishedCited by 15 opinions

Appeal by the defendant, Cunard Steamship Company, Limited, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 30th day of September, 1913, granting a motion for a bill of particulars.

1Opinion of the Court

Clarke, J.:

The complaint alleges that the plaintiff was in the employ of the defendant steamship company, and while under said employment was stationed on the hurricane deck of the steamship Saxonia, at or near hatch No. 2 thereon; that he was struck by a draft containing several barrels of flour which was being raised from the pier upon said steamship, thereby throwing him from said hurricane deck and precipitating him down through said hatch and upon the olive deck of the said steamer through the fault, carelessness and negligence of the defendant, its agents, servants and employees. •

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2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Wood v. Charles W. Hoffman Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1907

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Shaw v. Samley Realty Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1922
  2. Egan v. Tishman & Sons, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1927
  3. Middleton v. BoardmanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1924
  4. McCallum v. Beau-Site Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1917
  5. McGann v. AdlerNew York Supreme Court · 1933

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