Legal Opinion
Bensen v. Jackson
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided February 10, 1965No. Civ. A. No. 32591PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN W. LORD, Jr., Justice.
Plaintiff Thorwald Bensen, a seaman, was, on February 6, 1961, employed as a crewmember aboard the grain barge Oswego. He was then employed by the New York Elevating Company, operator of the boat. The vessel was owned by the Port of New York Authority.
In the present action, and certain previous actions instituted in the state and federal courts in New York, plaintiff claimed that while he was working on the Oswego’s scaffolding a rope line broke, precipitating plaintiff to the deck below and resulting in serious and permanent personal injuries to him.
Plaintiff says…
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