BRABAZON v. BELSHIPS CO.

No. 10822.

202 F.2d 904 (1953)

BRABAZON v. BELSHIPS CO., LIMITED, SKIBS A/S.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided March 26, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Byrne, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa. (Joseph J. Murphy, Robert Cox, Krusen, Evans & Shaw, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellant.

Milton M. Borowsky, Philadelphia, Pa. (Freedman, Landy & Lorry, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellee.

Before MARIS, GOODRICH and HASTIE, Circuit Judges.


HASTIE, Circuit Judge.

During the loading and securing of a ponderous cargo of forty-eight locomotives and forty-eight tenders in the hold of a ship owned and operated by appellant Belships Co. Ltd., the appellee, Brabazon, working as an employee of Jarka Stevedoring Company, an independent contractor engaged by Belships for this operation, fell and suffered serious injuries. The accident occurred while the ship was docked in navigable water in the port of Philadelphia...

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