Legal Opinion
Smith v. BP Tanker Company, Ltd.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided May 12, 1975No. Civ. A. 72-996PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
BECHTLE, District Judge.
Plaintiff James F. Smith, a pipefitter employed by Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, instituted this maritime action against B. P. Tanker Company, Ltd. (“B. P. Tanker”), to recover for injuries sustained while working aboard the S.S. BRITISH LIGHT, an oil tanker owned and operated by defendant B. P. Tanker. The complaint alleges that the plaintiff’s injuries resulted from the negligence of the defendant and the unseaworthiness of the vessel. Following the disposition of several pretrial motions, the case proceeded to a bifurcated trial before a…
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- Smith v. Bell Telephone Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
- West v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Czaplicki v. the Hoegh SilvercloudSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 93,548 Radiation Dynamics, Inc. v. Lawrence GoldmuntzCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
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