Legal Opinion
Continental Cas. Co. v. Thorden Line the Benny Skou
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided January 25, 1951No. 6179PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOPER, Circuit Judge.
This libel in personam was filed by Continental Casualty Company, as subrogee of Atlantic and Gulf Stevedores, Inc. against Thorden Line, a Swedish corporation, and Ove Skou owner of the S/S Benny Skou, to recover damages for the death of James Bright, Jr., an employee of Stevedores, while engaged in stevedor-ing operations on board the ship on September 6, 1947 at Portsmouth, Virginia. There was no service of process on the owner and the case proceeded against Thorden alone.
The suit was brought under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, which, in case of the death of any…
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