John Thornton, Otis Sumler, Charlie Harris, Roland Owens and H. Lee Kanter, Committee for York Bryant v. Victory Carriers, Incorporated

THOMSEN, District Judge.

The five appellants herein and Claude Gainar, another longshoreman, filed six separate libels in rem against the SS Longview Victory, and in personam against her owner, Victory Carriers, Inc., claiming damages for injuries received from carbon monoxide while loading the vessel in the harbor of Hampton Roads. The vessel was not attached, but her owner was summoned, and impleaded Whitehall Terminal Corp., libelants’ employer. The cases were consolidated for trial and resulted in judgment decrees in favor of each libelant against Victory Carriers, Inc. and in favor of…