Legal Opinion
Nosal v. Calmar Steamship Corporation
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided February 29, 1972No. Civ. A. 42993PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
DITTER, District Judge.
In this longshoreman’s action, damages were sought on theories of negligence and unseaworthiness. At the conclusion of the evidence, the court directed a verdict for the defendant on the negligence issue and the jury found for the defendant on the unseaworthiness question. A motion for a new trial now challenges the propriety of the court’s refusal to permit the jury to consider plaintiff’s allegations of negligence.
This case arises out of an injury which Aloysius Nosal suffered while employed as a ship’s carpenter during cargo operations aboard the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Seas Shipping Co. v. SierackiSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Mitchell v. Trawler Racer, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Usner v. Luckenbach Overseas Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Usner v. Luckenbach Overseas Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
- George Lusich v. Bloomfield Steamship Company, Bloomfield Steamship Company v. Boland MacHine and Manufacturing Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Zielinski v. Companhia De Navegacao Maritima NetumarDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1978
- Lunsford v. Halcyon Steamship Company, Inc.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1973
- Milin v. United States Lines, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1972
- Moore v. United StatesDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1972
- Nosal v. Calmar Steamship CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1973
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