Legal Opinion
Reading Company v. Pope & Talbot, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided March 10, 1961No. 471 of 1957PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KRAFT, District Judge.
The claims here involved arose from a collision on February 4, 1957, about 1:16 A.M. between the S. S. Waltham Victory and libellant’s wrecked and beached car-float off the southwest end of Petty Island, in the Delaware River, in the Port of Philadelphia.
On December 15, 1959, we ordered that the issues of liability be severed from the issues of damages, and that the liability issues be first tried. The action was so tried, and from the pleadings and the evidence, in which there was little conflict, we make the following
Findings of Fact
1. At all times material hereto,…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Palsgraf v. Long Island R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1928
- The City of New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- The Anna M. FahyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1907
- McFadden v. Pennzoil CompanySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1941
- Red Star Towing & Transportation Co. v. WoodburnCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1927
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Willard H. Lane v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1975
- United States v. Michael R. RavenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Red Star Towing And Transportation Company v. Department Of Transportation Of The State Of New JerseyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
- Allied Chemical Corporation v. Hess Tankship Company of Delaware, Amerada Hess Corporation, Defendants-Appellees-Cross American Hull Syndicate, Defendants-Third Party v. Allied Towing Corporation as Owner of the Tug Socrates, Third Party Defendants-Appellants-Cross v. Defelice Towing CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1981
- Lauritzen v. Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel DistrictDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1966
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