Legal Opinion
Burgess v. Farrell Lines, Inc.
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided March 28, 1963No. Admiralty No. 4294PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NORTHROP, District Judge.
This is an action by a stevedore Burgess, libelant, against the steamship company, Farrell Lines, Inc. While unloading the S.S. African Dawn in Baltimore on September 12, 1959, Burgess sustained a serious injury to his right foot, ultimately causing amputation after several extended hospitalizations.
The incident occurred while Burgess, a bulldozer operator employed by The Chesapeake Operating Company, was guiding or pushing a grab bucket, along with other employees of that stevedor-ing firm, in the after port deep tank of the African Dawn. The stevedores were…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Seas Shipping Co. v. SierackiSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Mitchell v. Trawler Racer, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Alaska Steamship Co. v. PettersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Morales v. City of GalvestonSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Berti v. Compagnie De Navigation Cyprien Fabre (American Stevedores, Inc., Third-Party Defendant-Appellee)Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1954
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Andrew H. Burgess, to His Own Use and to the Use of Liberty Mutual Insurance Company v. Farrell Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1964
- Andrew H. Burgess, to His Own Use and to the Use of Liberty Mutual Insurance Company v. Farrell Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1964