Ferguson v. Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc.

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1957-02-25

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Mr. Justice Douglas announced the judgment of the Court and an opinion in which The Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Clark and Mr. Justice Brennan join. Petitioner was injured in 1950 while serving as a second baker on respondent’s passenger ship Brazil. Among his duties, he was required to fill orders of the ship’s waiters for ice cream. On the day of the accident, he had received an order from a ship’s…

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