Legal Opinion
Hawn v. Pope & Talbot, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided July 17, 1951No. Civ. A. 9130PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McGRANERY, District Judge.
This is a civil action brought by Charles Hawn, a ship carpenter, against Pope & Talbot, Inc., owner pro hac vice under a bare-boat charter of the S. S. John Dickinson, to recover damages sustained as a result of a fall from the ’tween deck to the lower hold of the. vessel while it was tied up at Girard Point, Philadelphia. The plaintiff was an employee of Haenn Ship Ceiling and Refitting Corporation (hereafter called Haenn), which had been engaged to prepare the ship to receive a cargo of grain by altering the grain feeders and erecting shifting boards. The…
2Cases cited32 opinions
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Pope & Talbot, Inc. v. HawnSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Hugev v. Dampskisaktieselskabet InternationalDistrict Court, S.D. California · 1959
- Hawn v. Pope & Talbot, Inc. (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1952
- Daniels v. Pacific-Atlantic S. S. Co.District Court, E.D. New York · 1954
- Kelly v. Keystone Shipping Co.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 2003
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