Legal Opinion
Hill v. American President Lines, Ltd.
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided May 23, 1961No. 8095PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALTER E. HOFFMAN, District Judge.
As a consequence of serious and permanent injuries sustained by the libellant, Andrew James Hill, a longshoreman employed by Whitehall Terminal Corporation, this action was instituted against American President Lines, Ltd., the owner and operator of the SS Lone Star Mariner, alleging negligence and unseaworthiness.
On November 5, 1958, libellant was a member of a stevedoring gang employed in loading a quantity of pipe in the No. 4 hatch under a space charter agreement between the vessel’s owner and the United States. The Government agreed to furnish its own…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Alaska Steamship Co. v. PettersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Rogers v. United States LinesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Hiss v. FriedbergSupreme Court of Virginia · 1960
- General Accident Fire & Life Assurance Corporation, Limited v. Smith and Oby Company, (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1959
- A/s J. Ludwig Mowinckels Rederi v. Commercial Stevedoring Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1958
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3Cited by8 opinions
- American Building Maintenance Co. v. L'Enfant Plaza Properties, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1995
- Singer v. DorrDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1967
- Bielawski v. American Export LinesDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1963
- Caswell v. Koninklyke Nederlandsche Stoomboot Maalschappy, N. V.District Court, S.D. Texas · 1962
- Bailey v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1966
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