Legal Opinion
Metzger v. S. S. Kirsten Torm
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided September 24, 1965No. Adm. 4419PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMSEN, Chief Judge.
This is a suit in admiralty to recover damages for the death of a longshoreman, who was killed while working on board the S.S. Kirsten Torm, while it was moored to a pier in Baltimore Harbor. 1 The issues require construction of the Maryland “Lord Campbell’s Act”, Anno.Code of Md., 1957 ed., Art. 67, secs. 1-6, with respect to liability thereunder for unseaworthiness and negligence, the persons who may recover, and the amount of any such recovery.
William F. Metzger, the decedent, was a longshoreman who, on September 24, 1962, was employed by Jarka Corporation of…
2Cases cited38 opinions
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- Mahnich v. Southern Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
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3Cited by8 opinions
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