Legal Opinion
Burkholder v. United States
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided June 9, 1944No. 71PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KIRKPATRICK, District Judge.
The libellant, a member of the crew of the S. S. William C. Atwater, was injured, while the ship was docked at Havana, by the breaking of a ladder which he was descending to the dock. He filed a libel in personam against the United States, the War Shipping Administration (the charterer of the vessel), and the Fall River Navigation Company (the owner), charging negligence in failing to provide a safe place to work, failing to provide competent co-employees and superior officers, failing to inspect appliances and in failing to maintain the vessel and appliances in a…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- The OsceolaSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Brady v. Roosevelt Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Plamals v. S. S. "Pinar Del Rio"Supreme Court of the United States · 1928
- Blamberg Brothers v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- The BirkenheadDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1930
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Saint John Marine Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1996
- Burkholder v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1945
- Moltke v. Intercontinental Shipping CorporationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1949
- Sawyer v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1946
- Crescitelli v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1946
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