Anuszewski v. Dynamic Mariners Corp. Panama

FRANK A. KAUFMAN, District Judge.

In this case which has been tried non-jury before this Court two plaintiffs seek damages resulting from injuries sustained by each of them while working as longshoremen aboard a vessel docked in the Baltimore, Maryland area. Their claims raise questions of the meaning and application of one of the 1972 amendments to the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act. That amendment is set forth in 33 U.S. C. § 905(b). 1

FINDINGS OF FACT AND HOLDINGS

The accident in question occurred in the lower hold of the No. 1 hatch. The vessel arrived in Baltimore from…