Navigazione Alta Italia v. Vale
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Louisiana; Rufus E. Foster, Judge. Libel by James Patrick Vale against the Navigazione Alta Italia, of Turin, Italy, and others.
1Opinion of the Court
WALKER, Circuit Judge.
The injury to the libelant, who at the time he was hurt was acting as the foreman of a gang of screwmen engaged in loading cotton upon the steamship 111 Pie Monte, was due *414to the breaking of a rope sling used in hoisting the cotton from the wharf and lowering it into the hold of the vessel; a result of the breaking of the rope being that the hook tackle to which it was attached flew up and struck the libelant. The libel charges that it was the dutjr of the ship to furnish the proper tackle and apparatus to stow its cargo, and that it was grossly negligent in furnishing a…
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