Legal Opinion

Edward S. Mesle v. Kea Steamship Corporation, (Haenn Ship Ceiling & Refitting Corporation)

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided November 18, 1958No. 12540PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal on an in personam libel in admiralty brought against the owner of the ship in which occurred the accident whereby the hurts suffered by libellant resulted. The libel alleged negligence on the part of the shipowner and unseaworthiness of the vessel. The shipowner impleaded libellant’s employer.

The Haenn Ship Ceiling and Refitting Corporation had been engaged by the respondent shipowner to effect certain carpentry repairs to the fittings in the S.S. Sunion’s No. 5 hold while the vessel was at Philadelphia. In the early afternoon of March 4, 1953,…

2Cases cited68 opinions

  1. Seas Shipping Co. v. SierackiSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  2. Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
  3. McAllister v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  4. Pope & Talbot, Inc. v. HawnSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
  5. United States v. Oregon State Medical SocietySupreme Court of the United States · 1952

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Sanford Bros. Boats, Inc. v. Dalvis VidrineCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
  2. Herbert J. Roberts v. Norman M. Ross, JrCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1965
  3. Louis Dreyfus & Cie. v. Panama Canal CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
  4. Sleziak v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1969
  5. Cecil Lawlor v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Company, Inc., Now Known as Socony-Mobil Oil Company, Inc., and Third-Party and Bethlehem Steel Company, Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1960

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