Legal Opinion
Reed v. Steamship Yaka
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 27, 1962No. Nos. 13,600, 13,601PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HASTIE, Circuit Judge.
Libellant Reed, the appellee here, is a longshoreman who was injured while employed by appellant Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corporation and engaged in loading the steamship Yaka. The accident occurred in the hold of the ship when a wooden pallet upon which Reed was standing broke. The pallet was part of staging which the longshoremen themselves had brought on board the ship and had erected.
The libel was solely in rem against the Yaka. The ship was and is owned by Waterman Steamship Corporation, which, as owner and claimant, has defended this libel. However, at the time of…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Continental Grain Co. v. Barge FBL-585Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Felice Grillea v. United States and National Shipping AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1956
- Leary v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
- United States v. AmesSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
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3Cited by18 opinions
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