Legal Opinion
Hines v. Bristol City Line (Canada) Ltd.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided July 1, 1969No. Civ. A. No. 38485PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
WOOD, District Judge.
Plaintiff seeks to set aside a directed verdict in favor of the defendant and for a new trial. After argument and a complete review of the record we reach the same conclusion as we did in the first instance and therefore the motion must be denied.
Albert Hines, a longshoreman, was found dead at the bottom of No. 5 hatch on board the defendant’s vessel, the S/S GLOUCESTER CITY, at about 1:15 P. M. on July 9, 1965. There were no witnesses to the occurrence of his death. Investigation by an Examiner from the Philadelphia Medical Examiner’s Office revealed…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Daniel J. Donovan v. Esso Shipping CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1958
- Mrs. Clifford Raymond Schlichter v. Port Arthur Towing CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
- Hosea Payne v. S. S. Nabob and North German Lloyd and Lavino Shipping CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1962
- Michele Dessi v. Pennsylvania Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1958
- Agnes Haldeman v. The Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania and W. Herbert Fry v. Mary K. WilkinsonCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1968
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Moore v. United StatesDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1972
- Hamilton v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Texas · 1996