Longshoreman Sues Schooner for Workplace Injury
A longshoreman has filed a $10,000 lawsuit against the American schooner Carrier Dove following a severe injury on the job.
The American schooner Carrier Dove was libeled in the federal court yesterday in the sum of $10,000 by John E. Wilson. In the complaint, Wilson, a longshoreman, alleges that, on June 20, while engaged in stowing a cargo of lumber on the port side of the vessel, he was badly injured through the negligence of the second mate. He has not been able to work since.
“In the complaint, Wilson, a longshoreman, alleges that... he was badly injured through the negligence of the second mate.”
Maritime and industrial labor law has always been contentious at the Port of Tacoma. This case highlights the early 20th-century reliance on civil litigation to manage the high risks associated with manual labor in the timber and shipping industries.
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