Legal Opinion
John H. Williams v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and Third-Party v. William Spencer & Son Corporation, Third-Party
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 8, 1963No. 27684_1PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRIENDLY, Circuit Judge.
Williams, an employee of Wm. Spencer & Son Corporation, stevedores, brought this action in the Supreme Court of New York, Kings County, against Pennsylvania Railroad Company, to recover for personal injuries sustained as a result of certain acts of a Pennsylvania Railroad “hoister” while he was unloading a barge; the complaint alleged negligence and unseaworthiness. The Pennsylvania removed the action to the District Court for the Eastern District of New York on the ground of diverse citizenship. There it answered and filed a third-party complaint against Spencer…
2Cases cited46 opinions
- Seas Shipping Co. v. SierackiSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Hormel v. HelveringSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Pope & Talbot, Inc. v. HawnSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Standard Oil Co. v. AndersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
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3Cited by59 opinions
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- United States v. Gloria AuletCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
- May v. Chicago Insurance CompanyOregon Supreme Court · 1971
- Celia Zapico v. Bucyrus-Erie Co., and Third-Party v. Atlantic Container Line, Ltd., Third-Party and Antonio Fuet, Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1978
- Charles McLaughlin v. Trelleborgs Angfartygs A/b, and Third-Party v.golten Marine Company, Inc., Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1969
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