Legal Opinion
Spearman v. Sterling Steamship Company
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided March 10, 1959No. Civ. A. 19198PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EGAN, District Judge.
This case is now before the Court on defendants motions for judgment n. o. v. or in the alternative for a new trial.
Plaintiff, a longshoreman, was injured on July 26, 1954 aboard the defendant’s vessel, the S.S. Sterling Victory, while he was in the process of discharging cargo when a wall of bagged clay fell upon him. The case was tried before this Court and a jury which rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff. Defendant has asserted the various and general reasons in support of its motions which will be discussed below, but in its briefs and oral argument, it is…
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- Charles S. Gindville v. American-Hawaiian Steamship CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1955
- Kaufman v. United StatesDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1940
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