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Wujek v. Compania Sud Americana De Vapores

District Court, D. Maryland

Decided January 6, 1964No. Civ. A. No. 11836PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

R. DORSEY WATKINS, District Judge.

Plaintiff, Theodore Wujek, (plaintiff), a longshoreman employed by Robert C. Herd & Company, Incorporated, Third-Party defendant (Herd), sued Compania Sud Americana De Vapores, defendant and third-party plaintiff (ship) for injuries allegedly sustained on October 13, 1959, while working on the ship, when a hatch board broke under him. The complaint alleged that the board broke because it was defective. More specifically, it was claimed that the board, unknown to plaintiff, had been cracked sometime before the accident and that it broke under his weight.

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2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Berti v. Compagnie De Navigation Cyprien Fabre (American Stevedores, Inc., Third-Party Defendant-Appellee)Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1954
  2. Hugev v. Dampskisaktieselskabet InternationalDistrict Court, S.D. California · 1959
  3. Metropolitan Stevedore Company, a Corporation v. Dampskisaktieselskabet International, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1960
  4. Cia Maritima Del Nervion v. James J. Flanagan Shipping Corporation, Stevedore DivisionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
  5. Moore-Mccormack Lines, Inc. v. Maryland Ship Ceiling Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1962

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Pacific Far East Line v. California Stevedore & Ballast Co.District Court, N.D. California · 1965

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