Legal Opinion
Paul v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 29, 1953No. 10895PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KALODNER, Circuit Judge.
Other than in the immediate vicinity of a vessel’s gangplank, is a shipowner under a duty to provide safe means of passage from or to the vessel over a dock area over which the shipowner has no control and/or to inspect and give warning of the conditions prevailing along the dock’s passageway?
That is the primary issue presented by this appeal from the Order of the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania decreeing judgment in favor of the United States in an action in admiralty to recover damages for injuries sustained.
The facts were stipulated and…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- The OsceolaSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Mahnich v. Southern Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Aguilar v. Standard Oil Co. of NJSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Farrell v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Robertson v. BaldwinSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
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3Cited by24 opinions
- James W. Perkins, Judith Lynn Perkins v. American Electric Power Fuel Supply, Inc. Indiana Michigan Power Company, Inc., River Transportation DivisionCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2001
- Isaac Myles v. Quinn Menhaden Fisheries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
- Haskins v. Point Towing Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
- Dangovich v. Isthmian Lines, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1963
- Spearing v. Manhattan Oil Transportation CorporationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1974
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