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ARTICLE ID 187301
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Admiralty – Failure to provide safe means of egress from elevated platform – failure of vessel to be equipped with accessible railings or handrails – fingers gets caught between piston and platform deck – Crush injury to index and middle fingers.
Withheld County, MA
In this admiralty action, the plaintiff seaman alleged that the defendant vessel and its owner were negligent in failing to provide a safe means of egress from the platform. As a result, the plaintiff’s fingers were crushed when they became caught between a piston and the platform deck as he attempted to exit the platform. The defendant denied negligence and maintained that the plaintiff was liabl...
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