Baker v. Hamburg-American Packet Co.

Citations

• 179 F. 271
• 1910 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 278

Syllabus

<p>1. Shipping (§ 84*) — Liability of Vessel for Injury to Stevedore — Defective Condition of Vessel.</p> <p>A ship held liable for an injury to a stevedore, resulting from the giving way of a hatch cover on which he stood to remove another section, caused by the fact that the crossbeam on which the fore-and-after rested was sprung, increasing the distance to be reached by the fore-and-after, arid allowing the end to slip off.</p> <p>[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Shipping, Cent. Dig. §§ 342, 349-351; Dec. Dig. § 84.*]</p> <p>2. Damages (§ 132*) — Personal Injury.</p> <p>An award of $4,500 made to a stevedore, 48 years old, for an injury which entirely disabled him for life, caused great suffering, and was probably of a progressive character.</p> <p>[Ed. Noto. — For other eases, see Damages, Cent. Dig. §§ 372-385; Dec. Dig. § 132.*]</p>