De Clara v. Barber Steamship Lines, Inc.

In an action to recover damages for wrongful death the jury rendered a verdict for $65,000 in favor of the administratrix against the New York Dock Company, the owner of the pier on which the intestate received the injuries which resulted in his death. Prior to the submission of the case to the jury, the court dismissed the owner’s third-party complaint. On April 11, 1955, this court, on appeal by the New York Dock Company, reversed the judgment insofar as it was in favor of the administratrix, dismissed her complaint, and affirmed the judgment insofar as it dismissed the third-party…