Legal Opinion
Dobbins v. Crain Brothers, Inc.
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided December 13, 1976No. Civ. A. 75-99PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KNOX, District Judge.
The facts of this case are simple. The plaintiff slipped and fell upon ice and snow on the deck of the defendant’s barge sustaining serious injuries. However, careful consideration of the legal issues arising from this injury leads the court to agree with Judge Friendly’s observation that admiralty law constitutes a “wonderland” 1 and with the observation of Judge Teitelbaum of this court that this area of the law is riddled with a “byzantine maze of excep tions and fine distinctions”. 2 The court initially notes that most of the discussion in this opinion will not…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Zenith Radio Corp. v. Hazeltine Research, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Seas Shipping Co. v. SierackiSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Pope & Talbot, Inc. v. HawnSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Calmar Steamship Corp. v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Chester Dobbins, at 77-1213 v. Crain Brothers, Inc., a Corporation, and Third-Party Plaintiff- at 77-1214 v. The Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad Company, a Corporation, Third-Party and at 77-1215Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1977
- Dobbins v. Crain Bros.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1977
- Hammer v. Crain Bros., Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Alleghany County1979