Case Name: Mary Dewhurst, as Administratrix of the Estate of Thomas Dewhurst, Deceased, Respondent, v. Robins Dry Dock and Repair Company, Appellant
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1918-04-02
Citations: 223 N.Y. 615
Docket Number: 
Parties: Mary Dewhurst, as Administratrix of the Estate of Thomas Dewhurst, Deceased, Respondent, v. Robins Dry Dock and Repair Company, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 223
Pages: 615–615

Head Matter:
Mary Dewhurst, as Administratrix of the Estate of Thomas Dewhurst, Deceased, Respondent, v. Robins Dry Dock and Repair Company, Appellant.
Dewhurst v. Robins D. D. & R. Co., 172 App. Div. 929, affirmed.
(Argued March 18, 1918;
decided April 2, 1918.)
Appeal, by permission, from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered February 3, 1916, unanimously affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict in an action, under the Employers’ Liability Act, to recover for the death of plaintiff’s intestate alleged to have been occasioned through the negligence of the defendant, his employer. The injuries resulting in the death of intestate were caused by an explosion and fire which occurred in the wheel house of an oil barge undergoing repairs in defendant’s dry dock at the foot of Beard street, Brooklyn. Plaintiff claimed that the explosion was the result of an order or direction given by a foreman, for whose negligence in giving the order the defendant was responsible.
Frederick W. Catlin and Robert H. Woody for appellant.
George F. Hickey for respondent.

Opinion:
Judgment affirmed, with costs; no opinion.
Concur: Chase, Collin, Cuddeback, Hogan, McLaughlin and Crane, JJ. Not sitting: His cock, Ch. J.