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MURRAY v. NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY

No. 130, Docket 26125.

287 F.2d 152 (1961)

Christopher MURRAY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided February 20, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard Chazen, of Baker, Garber & Chazen, Hoboken, N. J. (Nathan Baker, of counsel and Milton Garber, Hoboken, N. J., on the brief), for plaintiff-appellant.

J. H. Shapiro, Gerald E. Dwyer, New York City (C. Austin White and J. H. McDonald, New York City, of counsel), for defendant-appellee.

Before LUMBARD, Chief Judge, and SWAN and WATERMAN, Circuit Judges.

SWAN, Circuit Judge.

On April 26, 1955, the plaintiff sustained injuries when defendant's barge on which he was employed as floatman, or deckhand, was being moved by defendant's tug no. 20 from one slip to another in Weehawken, New Jersey. In the course of executing the maneuver which is commonly called "off the corner," the barge and tug came together so violently as to throw plaintiff into the Hudson River. Alleging that...

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