Legal Opinion
Brabazon v. Belships Co., Limited, Skibs A/s
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 26, 1953No. 10822PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HASTIE, Circuit Judge.
During the loading and securing of a ponderous cargo of forty-eight locomotives and forty-eight tenders in the hold of a ship owned and operated by appellant Bel-ships Co. Ltd., the appellee, Brabazon, working as an employee of Jarka Stevedor-ing Company, an independent contractor engaged by Belships for this operation, fell and suffered serious injuries. The accident occurred while the ship was docked in navigable water in the port of Philadelphia. Brabazon sued Belships in admiralty for maritime tort and recovered. The shipowner has appealed. We have to determine…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Mahnich v. Southern Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railroad v. CarrollSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- Guerrini v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1948
- Cookingham v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1950
- Read v. United States. United States Maritime Commission v. Williams Appeal of VassilopoulusCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1953
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3Cited by33 opinions
- Crawford v. Pope & Talbot, Inc. Lucibello v. Pope & Talbot, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1953
- Hopkins v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1954
- William Knox v. United States Lines Company v. T. Hogan ComporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1961
- Frank C. Mitchell v. Trawler Racer, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1959
- Sarah A. O'leary, Administratrix v. United States Lines CompanyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1954
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