Legal Opinion
De Scala v. Panama Canal Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided September 10, 1963PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEINFELD, District Judge.
This action was brought by the plaintiff, a longshoreman, to recover damages for injuries sustained during the course of berthing the S/S Cristobal in navigable waters at Pier 64, New York City. He was stationed on the pier and was struck on the head by a so-called cat’s paw, the weighted end of a heaving line which was thrown by a crew member from the deck of the ship to the pier. The vessel was owned and operated by the defendant, Panama Canal Company, a wholly-owned Government corporation. The plaintiff’s employer, John T. Clark & Son, Inc., had been engaged by the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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3Cited by6 opinions
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