Legal Opinion

Fisher v. United States Lines Company

District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania

Decided September 11, 1961No. Civ. A. 24949PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

VAN DUSEN, District Judge.

In this personal injury action by a stevedore against the ship, with the usual joining of the stevedore’s employer as a third-party defendant, defendant has joined in the brief of third-party defendant (see letter of July 20, 1961, attached to third-party defendant’s brief, being Document No. 37) and where the word “defendant’s” contention or position is used, it will refer to their joint argument.

Defendant’s contention that there is insufficient evidence of the method of unloading or that the draft struck plaintiff is rejected (N.T. 12 & 20-21). Plaintiff testified…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. William Knox v. United States Lines Company v. T. Hogan ComporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1961
  2. Leighton Beard v. Ellerman Lines, Ltd., and the City Line, Ltd. v. Atlantic and Gulf Stevedores, IncCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1961
  3. Litwinowicz v. Weyerhaeuser Steamship CompanyDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1959
  4. Robillard v. AL Burbank & Co., Ltd.District Court, S.D. New York · 1960
  5. James E. Martin v. E. I. Dupont De Nemours & Co., Inc. v. Schiavo Brothers, IncCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1960

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. James Thompson v. Calmar Steamship CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1964
  2. McNeil v. A/S HavtorDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1971
  3. Fitzmaurice v. Calmar Steamship CorporationDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1961
  4. James Thompson v. Calmar Steamship CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1964

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