Legal Opinion
Panama Railroad v. Johnson
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 7, 1924No. 369PublishedCited by 558 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Devantee
This was an action by a seaman against his employer, the owner of the ship on which he was serving, to recover damages for personal injuries suffered at sea while he was ascending a ladder from the deck to the bridge in the course of his employment, — the complaint charging that the injuries resulted from negligence of the employer in providing an inadequate ladder and negligence of the ship’s officers in permitting a canvas dodger to be stretched and insecurely fastened across the top of.the ladder and in ordering the seaman to gO' up the ladder. The employer was a New York corporation. The…
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