Legal Opinion
Militano v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 9, 1946No. 240, 241, Dockets 20150, 51PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWAN, Circuit Judge.
The appellant was a stevedore-in the employ of the United States at the Army Base, Brooklyn, N. Y. On-January 19, 1943 he was ordered aboard the S. S. “Benjamin Hawkins” to operate a winch at hatch No. 5 in loading government-owned cargo. This vessel was a Liberty ship owned by the United States and managed by States Marine Corporation under a general agency contract with the War Shipping Administration; she lay at a pier at the Army Base. While performing his work as winchman the appellant suffered injuries to the fingers of his left hand by reason, as he claims, of…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Dahn v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
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3Cited by25 opinions
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- Mandel v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1951
- Parr v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1949
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