International Mercantile Marine Co. v. Fleming
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. On writ of error to the Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York to review a judgment entered on a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, amounting with interest and costs to $2,515.55.
1Opinion of the Court
COXE, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff, who was a longshoreman employed by the defendant, was injured while at work upon the defendant’s ship Kroonland by falling into the hold because of the tipping of one of the covers at hatch No. 4. When it is necessary to cover this hatch a large iron beam, 14 feet long by 18 inches wide and known as the “strong-back,” is lowered into place by steam power. It extends athwartships, its ends resting in grooves or slots in the coamings. *204Three iron bars or beams are then placed fore and aft on each side of the strong-back, the ends resting on the flanges of the…
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