Mitchell v. Etna

BARD, District Judge.

This is an action in admiralty to recover damages sustained by libellant, a stevedore, while engaged in unloading a cargo from the Steamship “Etna”.

I make the following special

Findings of Fact.

1. On April 15, 1940, the date of the accident, libellant was a stevedore employed by the Jarka Corporation, and was engaged in unloading a cargo' of wood pulp from the No. 1 hold of the Steamship “Etna”, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

2. The cargo in the forward part of the No. 1 hold was destined for Wilmington, Delaware, and the cargo in the after part was destined for…