This deckhand needs to scrub up.
A Staten Island Ferry employee is fishing for a cool $1 million in damages from town following a mishap strolling to the boat.
Jermaine Black damage his left knee Jan. 9, 2022 when he “slipped and fell on ice when approaching” the Ferryboat Andrew J. Barberi, he mentioned in a Brooklyn Federal Courtroom lawsuit.
Town failed to supply Black, 49, with secure passage to the Barberi, the employee mentioned in court docket papers.
Black, who made $100,000 final yr, mentioned cash from the go well with would alleviate “ache and struggling,” court docket paperwork present.
The go well with comes on the heels of a Staten Island Ferry skipper demanding $1 mil in damages from town after an accident within the pilot home.
In that occasion, Assistant Capt. Joseph Grym, 44, claims he wrenched his shoulder and again whereas making an attempt to shut a “jammed” pilot home window.
Grym’s damage allegedly occurred June 6, 2022 aboard the Spirit of America, a $40 million vessel town launched in 2006, court docket papers state.
Town Legislation Division declined touch upon Black’s lawsuit.
Neither Black nor his lawyer responded to messages.
The go well with was filed below the Jones Act — a 1920 federal regulation permitting maritime staff who’re injured on the job to sue their employer for damages.
The three,335-ton, 310-foot-long Barberi infamously crashed in 2003, killing 11 folks.
It was retired on Sept. 28, 2023, and was put up for public sale in Could.
The massive orange boat, named after the legendary Staten Island coach of the Curtis Excessive College soccer workforce, bought to a thriller purchaser for $101,100, town introduced in June.
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