Williams v. Skibs A/S Hilda Knudsen

WELSH, Senior Judge.

Plaintiffs were longshoremen who were employed by Universal Terminal and Stevedoring Corporation on January 6, 1960 to assist in discharging bales of *399wool from the S. S. Concordia Sky which at that time was berthed at Pier 98 in the Port of Philadelphia. The manner of discharging cargo was to use six or seven hooks which were joined in a bridle. These hooks would be placed under the bands of the bale and four or five bales would be discharged at one time. The plaintiffs were working on the pier. Their job was to remove the bales from the pier after they had been guided to…