Rother v. Interstate and Ocean Transport Co.

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

SHAPIRO, District Judge.

I. FINDINGS OF FACT

A. LIABILITY

1. On September 5, 1975, United States Steel Corporation (“USS”) employed Charles A. Rother (“Rother”) as a fuel utility man at its Fairless Hills works.

2. It was part of Rother’s job as a fuels utility man for him to meet barges discharging fuel oil at the pier and to connect the discharging hose from the barge to the intake valve on the USS pier.

3. Rother had performed the work of connecting fuel lines to discharge cargo for at least one year prior to the date of this accident.

4. USS was the…