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INTERNAT. STEVEDORING CO. v. HAVERTY

No. 236.

272 U.S. 50 (1926)

INTERNATIONAL STEVEDORING COMPANY v. HAVERTY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided October 18, 1926.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Stephen V. Carey, with whom Messrs. R.E. Bigham and Alfred J. Schweppe were on the briefs, for petitioner.

Mr. Mark M. Lichtman, with whom Mr. John F. Dore was on the brief, for respondent.

Messrs. Arthur E. Griffin, George F. Vanderveer, and Samuel B. Bassett filed a brief as amici curiae by special leave of Court.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is an action brought in a State Court seeking a common law remedy for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff, the respondent here, upon a vessel at dock in the harbor of Seattle. The plaintiff was a longshoreman engaged in stowing freight in the hold. Through the negligence of the hatch tender, no warning was given that a load of freight was about to be lowered...

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