Frankson v. Carter & Weeks Stevedoring Co.

INCH, Chief Judge.

This is a motion for reargument of a motion in which an order was entered on November 7, 1949, denying plaintiff’s application to compel defendant’s representative to answer certain questions and upon such reargument to grant the relief originally sought.

Plaintiff, a steward on board the S. S. Telemachus, sues for personal injuries sustained by falling through a partly open hatch which he claims was negligently covered with a tarpaulin by defendant’s employees. Plaintiff’s version of the facts is as follows: on July 19, 1945 the ship was docked at a pier in New York City…