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Palardy v. United States
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided January 21, 1952No. 121 of 1947PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KALODNER, Circuit Judge.
This is a third party action in admiralty by a longshoreman carpenter employed by a stevedoring company. He is seeking to recover for injuries suffered while shoring up cargo on board the S. S. “Niantic Victory”, which he alleges were caused by the negligence of respondents’ agents. Libellant originally instituted a civil action against the vessel’s general agent, American-Hawaiian Steamship Company. The trial judge in that action directed a verdict in favor of the defendant on two grounds: (a) the general agent could not be held liable for the torts of the vessel’s…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Halcyon Lines v. Haenn Ship Ceiling & Refitting Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Caldarola v. EckertSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Baccile v. Halcyon Lines (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1951
- Badalamenti v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1947
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Hawn v. Pope & Talbot, Inc. (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1952
- Ahlgren v. Red Star Towing & Transp. Co., IncCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1954
- Leonard D. Boswell v. Terrace Navigation CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- Dayton v. Midland S. S. Lines, Inc.District Court, W.D. New York · 1953