Legal Opinion
Byrd v. American Export Isbrandtsen Lines, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided June 30, 1969No. Civ. A. 68-1117PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KRAFT, District Judge.
This is a motion for summary judgment filed by the defendant shipowner in this action by a longshoreman. Defendant contends that the plaintiff’s deposition conclusively establishes that the plaintiff’s accident could have been occasioned only by either of two possible causes and that defendant was not responsible for either cause.
Plaintiff’s deposition discloses that he and Otis Givens, another longshoreman, were engaged in an attempt to move, from the back to the front of the pier, a forklift truck, which was intended to be loaded aboard defendant’s vessel as…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Gutierrez v. Waterman Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Fred Fredericks v. American Export Lines, Inc. S. J. Farrington Iron Works, Inc. v. John W. McGrath CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1955
- Robert Spann v. J. LauritzenCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1965
- Litwinowicz v. Weyerhaeuser Steamship CompanyDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1959
- Hagans v. Ellerman & Bucknall Steamship Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1963
3Cited by13 opinions
- Gebhard v. S.S. Hawaiian LegislatorCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1970
- Bill Law v. Victory Carriers, Inc., Etc., and the S.S. Sagamore Hill, Etc., Defendants-Third Party v. Gulf Stevedore Corp., Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
- McNeil v. A/S HavtorDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1971
- Hamilton v. MARINE CARRIERS CORPORATIONDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1971
- I.T.O. Corporation of Baltimore, Employer, and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Carrier v. Benefits Review Board, U.S. Department of Labor, William T. Adkins, International Longshoreman's Association, Amicus Curiae. Maritime Terminals, Inc., and Aetna Casualty and Surety Co. v. Secretary of Labor, and Donald D. Brown, Maritime Terminals, Inc., and Aetna Casualty and Surety Co. v. Vernie Lee Harris, and United States Department of Labor, National Association of Stevedores v. Benefits Review Board, U.S. Dept. Of Labor, William T. AdkinsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1975
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