Legal Opinion
William E. Bennett v. Perini Corporation
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 10, 1975No. 74--1183PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.
Appellant, a carpenter by trade, was employed by appellee corporation and assigned to a crew doing cement form work in connection with one of the large concrete piers being poured for the Newport-Jamestown Bridge then under construction in Narragansett Bay. On March 5, 1969, appellant was injured in a fall from one of the pier faces to a platform approximately 15 feet below. He subsequently brought this action in admiralty seeking recovery on the customary counts. The district court, at the conclusion of appellant’s evidence, granted appellee’s motion for…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Continental Ore Co. v. Union Carbide & Carbon Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Kernan v. American Dredging Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Schulz v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
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