The I. F. Chapman
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Rhode Island; Arthur L. Brown, Judge. Suit in admiralty by Jacob Kazarian against the barge I. I'. Chapman, Thomas J. Scully, claimant. Decree for libelant, and claimant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
DODGE, Circuit Judge.
Kazarian, the appellee, filed his libel February 1, 1913, against this barge, to recover for personal injuries alleged to have been received on December 26, 1912, while at work on board her as one of a number of stevedores engaged in discharging a cargo of coal at Wilkesbarre Pier, in East Providence, R. I. He alleged that through the breaking or giving way of a spike or handhold, forming part of a stanchion ladder whereon he was descending into the barge’s hold, he fell about 15 feet, struck the keelson, and was “severely and permanently injured in his back, spine, and…
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