Legal Opinion
Lynch v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 3, 1947No. 243, Docket 20561PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, Circuit Judge.
This appeal requires definition of the scope of the duty of a shipowner to employees of an independent contractor working on its ship. On August 15, 1944, libel-lant’s husband, the decedent Lynch, was an electrician’s helper employed by Bethle*98hem Steel Company, which had a contract to repair the cargo vessel “Ben F. Dixon” owned by the United States. From one o’clock that afternoon until the happening of the accident here involved Bethlehem was in control of all or part of the ship, including No. 5 hatch. The ship’s crew performed no work at hatch No. 5 during that day…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Riley v. Agwilines, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1947
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3Cited by33 opinions
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- Berti v. Compagnie De Navigation Cyprien Fabre (American Stevedores, Inc., Third-Party Defendant-Appellee)Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1954
- William Norfleet and David Lane v. Isthmian Lines, Inc., Isthmian Lines, Inc., and Third-Party v. Whitehall Terminal Corporation, Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
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