Moran v. Munson S. S. Line
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from Trial Term, Kings County. Action by John Moran against the Munson Steamship Line. From a judgment for plaintiff, and from an order denying a new trial, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtJenks, J.
I think that the plaintiff has not made a case. The action is by servant against master for negligence. The plaintiff, a longshoreman, while working at a hatchway of defendant’s ship, was struck by a falling spar called a “Burton spar”—a contrivance used and then in use in the work of unloading a ship of the defendant. The complaint is that the defendant failed to supply suitable means and appliances for the plaintiff’s work, negligently erected the spar and the derrick to which it was attached, provided defective appliances for securing the same, and was otherwise negligent.
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2Cases cited10 opinions
- Griffen v. . ManiceNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
- Kimmer v. . WeberNew York Court of Appeals · 1897
- Carlson v. Phoenix Bridge Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1892
- Morris v. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1896
- McCampbell v. Cunard Steamship Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1895
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Griffin v. FlankAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1905