Hartford v. Northwestern Stevedoring Co.

In this action, the plaintiff seeks a common law remedy for personal injuries sustained by bim upon a vessel at dock, in the city of Seattle. The action was brought under the provisions of the Act of Congress of June 5, 1920, ch. 250, § 20, 41 Stat. at L. 988, 1007; which, by making applicable the statutes of the United States concerning the common-law right or remedy in cases of personal injury to railway employees, has done away with the fellow-servant rule in the case of personal injuries to seamen, as construed in International Stevedoring Co. v. Haverty, 272 U. S. 50; 71 Law Ed. 157.

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