Legal Opinion
Fitzmaurice v. Calmar Steamship Corporation
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided September 14, 1961No. Civ. A. 28626PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VAN DUSEN, District Judge.
The Complaint in this case alleges that plaintiff sustained injuries due to the unseaworthy condition of defendant’s ship and the negligence of defendant 1 (see pars. 6 & 7 of Document No. 1). At the time of his injury, plaintiff was a member of a gang of stevedores who were working on Pier 179, Philadelphia, during the unloading of bales of wood pulp from defendant’s ship. The procedure used by the stevedores was as follows: the bales were removed from the ship by means of rope slings and placed at the edge of the pier; they were then moved a few feet by hand trucks…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Palsgraf v. Long Island R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1928
- Seas Shipping Co. v. SierackiSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Strika v. Netherlands Ministry of Traffic, Directorate General of ShippingCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1950
- American Export Lines, Inc. v. RevelCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1959
- Leighton Beard v. Ellerman Lines, Ltd., and the City Line, Ltd. v. Atlantic and Gulf Stevedores, IncCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1961
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Hagans v. Ellerman & Bucknall Steamship Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1963
- Michigan Mutual Liability Company v. ArrienDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1964
- Thompson v. Calmar Steamship CorporationDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1963
- Waterman Steamship Corp. v. Federico Marin Gutierrez, LibelantCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1962
- James Hagans v. Ellerman & Bucknall Steamship Company, Ltd. v. Atlantic & Gulf Stevedores, Inc. James Hagans v. Ellerman & Bucknall Steamship Company, Ltd. v. Atlantic & Gulf Stevedores, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1963