Legal Opinion
The Birkenhead
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided April 2, 1930No. 39PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KIRKPATRICK, District Judge.
This is an action in rem in admiralty brought by James S. McMahon against the steamship Birkenhead to recover for personal injuries sustained January 1, 1927, upon the ship in the course of his employment as fireman. At the time he was injured the li-belant was tightening an ordinary square-headed bolt or nut upon a set screw whieh formed part of a contrivance known as a discharge strainer, whieh, in turn, was part .of the fuel oil line of the steamer. He was using an ordinary monkey wrench. While tightening the nut, the wrench slipped, throwing the libelant off…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- The OsceolaSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Pacific Steamship Co. v. PetersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
- Plamals v. S. S. "Pinar Del Rio"Supreme Court of the United States · 1928
- The Santa BarbaraCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1920
3Cited by10 opinions
- Edward S. Mesle v. Kea Steamship Corporation, (Haenn Ship Ceiling & Refitting Corporation)Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1958
- The TawmieCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1936
- The BaymeadCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1937
- The James E. FerrisDistrict Court, W.D. New York · 1932
- Burkholder v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1944
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