The Tripoli
The Tripoli
Opinion of the Court
The libelant, Patrick Joyce, with other stevedores, was working upon the Tripoli on April 29, 1905, about 20 minutes of 11 at night, loading iron ore in buckets, which was being hoisted out at the time. He was working, together with other stevedores, for Morris Boney & Son, who were master stevedores employed to discharge the cargo of ore. The winchman, the
The libelant seeks to hold the vessel responsible for this injury upon the ground that a defective winch was supplied for use in unloading the cargo. It is true the winch was defective; but it was discovered by the stevedores themselves, and they deliberately attempted to use it in its defective condition for the purpose of avoiding the loss of time, and took the risk of injury in thus using it. The ship’s engineer, when called upon, made such repairs as appeared to him to be necessary, and a. trial was then had, of which the libelant, with others in hatch No. 4, had notice, and he could easily have avoided any danger by observing such care as the circumstances, with which he was acquainted, required. He knew of the defective condition of the winch, as he had been working with it in that condition before the foreman attempted to have it repaired, and when he was notified to “look out” it was his duty to keep from under the bucket until the condition of the winch was ascertained.
The petition of libelant is dismissed.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- THE TRIPOLI
- Status
- Published