Torgersen v. Hutton

The plaintiff, a Norwegian, who had on the morning of April 24, 1933, been employed by the defendants and was set to *32work washing down the mainmast of the yacht Verna,-, was severely injured when he fell from near the top of the mast to the deck. The accident, as plaintiff claimed, was due to ■ the negligence of the boatswain in failing to control the ropes of the boatswain’s chair as it became necessary for him to be lowered in the course of his work; or to give him. proper opportunity to secure himself so that he might lower himself from time to time. Recognizing that the boatswain was a…