Legal Opinion
Coughenour v. Campbell Barge Line, Inc.
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided December 20, 1974No. Civ. A. 74-55PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SNYDER, District Judge.
Plaintiff, Michael Roy Coughenour, a seaman, brought this action for Maintenance and Cure against his employer, Campbell Barge Line, Inc. (Campbell), and for counsel fees and medical expert witness fees. The case was tried to the Court without a jury.
Plaintiff's version of the occurrence may be summarized as follows: While employed by Campbell as a deckhand on board the Defendant’s motor vessel, Delta, Coughenour claims he was injured in the early morning hours of September 5, 1973, when he slipped and fell while attempting to throw a rope from one barge to…
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