Legal Opinion
Dobbins v. Crain Bros.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided November 23, 1977No. Nos. 77-1213 to 77-1215PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
GARTH, Circuit Judge.
This appeal arises from an accident at the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Company’s (PLE) Colona Coal Dock on the Ohio River, in which the plaintiff Chester Dobbins, a member of the railroad’s river crew, was injured while working on a barge owned by Crain Brothers, Inc. (Crain). After a jury trial, the district court entered a judgment against Crain in favor of Dobbins, which we affirm. However, the district court then held that liability must be apportioned between the defendant Crain and the third-party defendant PLE, and thus entered a judgment in…
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Griffith v. Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1979
- Chester Dobbins, at 77-1213 v. Crain Brothers, Inc., a Corporation, and Third-Party Plaintiff- at 77-1214 v. The Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad Company, a Corporation, Third-Party and at 77-1215Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1977
- Thomas W. Griffith v. Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1979