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SMITH v. HERCULES COMPANY

[No. 116, October Term, 1953.]

204 Md. 379 (1954)

104 A.2d 590

SMITH v. HERCULES COMPANY ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided April 28, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maurice J. Pressman, for appellant.

J. Gilbert Prendergast, with whom were Clark, Thomsen and Smith or The Hercules Company, Southgate L. Morison, with whom were Ober, Grimes and Stinson on the brief, for Dornach Shipping Company, Ltd. and North Atlantic and Gulf Steamship Company, appellees.

The cause was argued before BRUNE, C.J., and DELAPLAINE, COLLINS, HENDERSON and HAMMOND, JJ.

HENDERSON, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

This appeal is from a judgment in favor of the appellees upon their motions for directed verdicts at the close of the plaintiff's case. The plaintiff, an employee of the Maryland Ship Ceiling Company, fell and was injured while installing cargo battens or sweat boards in the hold of a British ship, the S.S. Coulbeg, then berthed at pier 5, Locust Point, Baltimore. The ship...

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