Legal Opinion
Union Carbide Corp. v. Goett
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided May 27, 1958No. 7588PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMSEN, District Judge.
Marvin Paul Goett, an employee of Amherst Barge Company, while sandblasting a tank barge owned by Union Carbide & Carbon Corporation, fell into *451the Kanawha River and was drowned. The barge had been turned over to Amherst for repairs and improvements and was under its sole control. Since the barge was an unmanned barge, it had no life rings or other rescue equipment. The principal question to be decided on this appeal is whether Carbide is liable to Goett’s administratrix either for negligence or unseaworthiness because the barge was not so equipped.
Carbide was the…
2Cases cited32 opinions
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- Pope & Talbot, Inc. v. HawnSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- The OsceolaSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- The HarrisburgSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Garrett v. Moore-Mccormack Co., Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
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3Cited by21 opinions
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- Bobby L. Van Horn v. Gulf Atlantic Towing Corporation, and Third-Party and Colonna's Shipyard, Incorporated, Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1968
- Cecil D. Rogers v. United States of America, Defendant-Third-Party v. Jacksonville Shipyards, Inc., Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1972
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