Coast Ship Co. v. Yeager

Citations

• 120 Miss. 152
• 81 So. 797

Syllabus

<p>1. Master and Servant. Injuries to servant. Warning servant. Latent dangers.</p> <p>When an employee while working inside the hull pi a*ship near completion and in ignorance of the fact that boring with an auger was being done from the outside , at the point at which he was working, was struck by an auger - driven through the sides- of the ship by employees on the outside, and the employer could feasibly have adopted and used a system for giving notice of the place of boring to those inside. In such case the employer was negligent in not doing so, though other ship builders used no such warning device.</p> <p>2. Master and Servant. Injuries to servant. Safe place to work.</p> <p>Where a carpenter, working in the hull of a ship, is in constant danger of being struck by augers bored through the sides of the ship by employees on the outside, because his employers did not employ any device for giving notice of the place of boring to those on the inside. In such case there was a failure to provide him a safe place in which to work, and he can recover for injuries sustained on account of such failure.</p>