Legal Opinion
McCann v. Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co.
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided October 22, 1959No. 2553PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALTER E. HOFFMAN, District Judge.
Plaintiff, McCann, an employee of Ingersoll-Rand Company, of Phillipsburg, New Jersey, was injured on October 14, 1955, while on the premises of the defendant, Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company (hereinafter referred to as “Shipyard”), when plaintiff was bending over to pick up a piece of the new air compressor being installed at the No. 1 substation or power house. At the time in question a timber supporting an overhead pipe in the substation suddenly came free of the pipe and fell to the ground, striking and injuring the plaintiff. The new air…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Byrd v. Blue Ridge Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Carroll v. LanzaSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Feitig v. ChalkleySupreme Court of Virginia · 1946
- Sykes v. Stone & Webster Engineering Corp.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1947
- Rea, Administratrix v. FordSupreme Court of Virginia · 1957
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3Cited by13 opinions
- MacKendrick v. Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co.New York Supreme Court · 1969
- Wilson v. FraserDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1973
- Evans v. Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co.District Court, E.D. Virginia · 1965
- Barnhart v. American Oil CompanyDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1965
- Snowden v. Virginia Electric & Power Co.District Court, E.D. Virginia · 1976
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