The Nordfarer

Citations

• 115 F. 416
• 1901 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11

Syllabus

<p>Shipping — Liability of Ship for Injury of Employe — Defective Appliances.</p> <p>The use by a steamship of an ordinary nail as a substitute for a steel pin in tlie machinery of a winch, the nail being much smaller than the pin which had been provided by the maker of the machinery, and also subjected to an additional strain because it did not fill the socket for which the pin was designed, was negligence which rendered the ship liable for an injury to a workman resulting from the giving way of the nail, notwithstanding the previous use of similar nails without accident for 18 months.</p>