Gutowski v. Mayor of Baltimore

The City of Baltimore is sued in this case, with other defendants, on account of personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff while engaged, as an employee of a stevedoring company, in the work of loading a vessel with a cargo of dynamite. The injuries were caused by an explosion resulting, as alleged, from the use of iron hooks in the process of moving and storing the boxes in which the dynamite was contained. It is averred in the declaration that the cargo was being loaded into the vessel at a point in the Patapsco River within the jurisdiction and under the control of the Mayor and City…