Legal Opinion
William Knox v. United States Lines Company v. T. Hogan Comporation
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided July 14, 1961No. 13408_1PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HASTIE, Circuit Judge.
This case presents the familiar situation in which a longshoreman, injured on a ship while working for an independent contractor in unloading cargo, seeks to recover damages from the shipowner alleging both that the ship was unseaworthy and that the ship negligently failed to provide a reasonably safe place for the longshoremen to work. The accident occurred when a roll of burlap, unintentionally dislodged from the stowage by the longshoremen, fell or rolled upon a workman’s ankle.
*355The case went to the jury on special interrogatories. The jury found that there was no…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Mitchell v. Trawler Racer, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Felice Grillea v. United States and National Shipping AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1956
- Cookingham v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1950
- Brabazon v. Belships Co., Limited, Skibs A/sCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1953
- Leighton Beard v. Ellerman Lines, Ltd., and the City Line, Ltd. v. Atlantic and Gulf Stevedores, IncCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1961
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3Cited by31 opinions
- James Thompson v. Calmar Steamship CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1964
- Paul E. Repass v. Albert L. Vreeland and Leonard G. Brown, Individuals, and Vreeland & Brown, a New Jersey Partnership in the Practice of LawCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1966
- Robert Blassingill v. Waterman Steamship Corporation, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1964
- Robert U. Scott v. Isbrandtsen Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1964
- Ferrante v. Swedish American LinesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1964
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