Mahoney v. Coastwise Lumber & Supply Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Coastwise Lumber and Supply Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 12th day of June, 1918, upon the verdict of a jury for $4,000, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 10th day of June, 1918, denying defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Dowling, J.:
Patrick Mahoney was a longshoreman employed by the French Line on the steamship Ladróme for three days prior to October 31, 1916, on which date he was engaged at his work as one of a gang of men loading the cargo in the hold of the steamship at hatch No. 4. The vessel at this time was “ down the bay,” taking on a cargo of powder. In order to prevent friction while carrying high explosives, the metal parts of a ship are encased in wood, and this work defendant had contracted to do for the French Line, but as the sheathing had been done before, all that was being done at this time…
2Cited by1 opinion
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