Legal Opinion
Bay State Dredging & Contracting Co. v. Porter
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 14, 1946No. 4080PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAGRUDER, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff, Clarence J. Porter, suffered serious injuries on May 10, 1943, in the course of his employment as combined deckhand and deckmate on the tug “Priscilla P. White” owned and operated by defendant. The tug was 50 ft. long, driven by a Diesel engine. In addition to plaintiff, the crew consisted of a captain and an engineer. At the time of the accident defendant was engaged in the business of dredging a channel in Cotuit Plarbor, Massachusetts, The tug was being used in the repeated operation of towing scows loaded with dredgings from a point in the Harbor to a…
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- Harmon v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1932
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