Rickson v. Velazquez

NORTHCOTT, Circuit Judge.

This is a libel brought by one Benigno Velazquez, a naturalized American citizen, born in Porto Rico, against the steamship Corapeak. The libelant, who was a fireman, claimed to have been injured on the vessel while it was lying off Newport News, and the injury occurred while libelant, who was off duty, was engaged in showing a green hand .coal passer how to work an ash ejector. The injury evidently occurred because of the action of the coal passer in turning the steam into the machine at the wrong time. The injury consisted of a bruise on the arm, and seems to have…