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Negligence-Federal Employer's Liability Act-Extension Of The Safe Place To Work Doctrine, Charles E. Oldfather S.Ed.
Negligence-Federal Employer's Liability Act-Extension Of The Safe Place To Work Doctrine, Charles E. Oldfather S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
Plaintiff, a lumber inspector employed by the defendant railroad, was inspecting railroad ties on a dock owned by an independent lumber company. The employees of the lumber company had piled the ties so that the ends were either flush with or protruded over the edge of the dock. In order to inspect the ends, the plaintiff assumed a ''bent-over" position in which his right foot was on the edge of the dock, his left hand on the pile and his left foot suspended in the air. After losing his balance, he placed his left foot on the dock where it …
Admiralty-Unseaworthiness Of Vessel In Having Vicious Crew Member Aboard, Richard B. Barnett S.Ed.
Admiralty-Unseaworthiness Of Vessel In Having Vicious Crew Member Aboard, Richard B. Barnett S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
Plaintiff, a seaman on board defendant's ship, went ashore on leave with the second cook. After returning to the ship, the two quarrelled and plaintiff knocked the cook down. The cook went to the galley and obtained a meat cleaver with which he struck plaintiff on the head, causing serious injury. Plaintiff brought suit against the ship owner for damages on the theory that in allowing a man of the cook's vicious proclivities to become a member of the crew, defendant failed to provide a "seaworthy" ship and that plaintiff had suffered injury as a result. Plaintiff appealed a verdict …