Anderson v. International Mercantile Marine Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtMartin, J.
The plaintiff, while being hoisted from a lighter to the steamship Mongolia, received injuries resulting in the loss of his leg due to the fall of a draft caused by the breaking of a rope.
On December 7, 1926, the plaintiff was employed by the Corn Products Refining Company as an inspector of freight, which position he held from 1921 to the date of the accident. In the performance of his duties as such inspector he visited as many as twenty steamships in a week. At the time of the accident the Corn Products Refining Company was shipping 4,000 cases of merchandise to California on the steamship…
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