Legal Opinion
John Mihalchak v. American Dredging Company
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided July 2, 1959No. 12794_1PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge.
John Mihalchak was employed as a deckhand by American Dredging Company on one of its scows. The scow was engaged in carrying material dredged from the Delaware River downstream to the assigned dumping places. The scow was moved to and fro between the dredge and dumping grounds by a tug. It was one of Mihalchak’s duties on signal from the tug captain to open the doors forming the bottoms of the scow’s five or six transverse compartments, thereby dumping the mud.
The mechanical arrangement for controlling the bottom-door of each compartment consisted of two chains…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. MartinSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Magee v. General Motors Corp.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1954
- Peter J. Zegan v. Central Railroad Company of New JerseyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1959
- Crane Company, an Illinois Corporation, and v. Briggs Manufacturing Company, a Michigan Corporation, AndCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1960
- Grobel v. MillerCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1934
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