WATERSIDER'S CLAIM
CARGO SLINGS ADJUSTMENT
The responsibility resting respectively on hatchmen and foremen in directing the adjustment of slings when working cargo off and on a ship was the chief subject of evidence by experts in the Supreme Court when Arthur George Smith, waterside worker, aged 63 years (Mr. Sullivan) claimed £750 general and £267 special damages against the Union Steam Ship Company (Mr. Hamer), arising out of injuries suffered in an accident in April last year. Plaintiff at the time was acting as a temporary hatchman, when timber was being discharged from a ship. . it _ Plaintiff alleged negligence by the foreman on the job, in that the method used in slinging the timber was not such as was recognised as being safe. The defendant company alleged that the safe adjustment of the slings was part of the hatchman s work, and that want of proper vigilance and care on his part was negligence contributing to the accident of a length of timber slipping from a sling and striking him. The case is proceeding.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 120, 23 May 1942, Page 5
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174WATERSIDER'S CLAIM Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 120, 23 May 1942, Page 5
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