Legal Opinion
William Norfleet and David Lane v. Isthmian Lines, Inc., Isthmian Lines, Inc., and Third-Party v. Whitehall Terminal Corporation, Third-Party
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 6, 1966No. 7-8, Dockets 29433 and 29434PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TYLER, District Judge.
William Norfleet and David Lane appeal from an adverse judgment in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York after the jury returned a verdict in favor of the Isthmian Lines, Inc. Because of certain erroneous and confusing instructions given by the trial judge at the instance of counsel for the appellee, we reverse and remand for a new trial.
On December 16, 1958, appellants, longshoremen employed by the Whitehall Terminal Corporation in Norfolk, Virginia, were working aboard the vessel S.S. Steel Apprentice owned by the ap-pellee. On the day…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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- Bollenbach v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Mitchell v. Trawler Racer, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Mahnich v. Southern Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Crumady v. the Joachim Hendrik FisserSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
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3Cited by35 opinions
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