Case Name: Camelia Rourange, as Administratrix, etc., of Julio Augusto Rourange, Deceased, Appellant, v. Colombian Steamship Company, Inc., Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1938-06-24
Citations: 254 A.D. 906
Docket Number: 
Parties: Camelia Rourange, as Administratrix, etc., of Julio Augusto Rourange, Deceased, Appellant, v. Colombian Steamship Company, Inc., Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 254
Pages: 906–906

Head Matter:
Camelia Rourange, as Administratrix, etc., of Julio Augusto Rourange, Deceased, Appellant, v. Colombian Steamship Company, Inc., Respondent.

Opinion:
In an action brought under the Jones Act to recover for the death of plaintiff's intestate, who, while employed on defendant's steamship, was fatally shot by a fellow-employee with a pistol which a passenger had directed him to clean, judgment in favor of defendant, dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, with costs. Assuming that Pardo was acting within the scope of his employment in undertaking to clean the gun, which would have presented a question of fact for the jury, it nevertheless appeared from the plaintiff's evidence that Pardo had abandoned his duties in displaying the pistol to the deceased, and consequently his employer is not liable. (Ford v. Grand Union Co., 268 N. Y. 243; Culhane v. Economical Garage Co., 188 App. Div. 1.) Present — Lazansky, P. J., Davis, Johnston, Adel and Close, JJ.