FRANKEL v. BETHLEHEM-FAIRFIELD SHIPYARD

No. 5007.

132 F.2d 634 (1942)

FRANKEL v. BETHLEHEM-FAIRFIELD SHIPYARD, Inc.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

December 26, 1942.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

I. Duke Avnet and Wm. Taft Feldman, both of Baltimore, Md., for appellant.

Robert E. Coughlan, Jr., of Baltimore, Md., for appellee.

Before PARKER, SOPER, and DOBIE, Circuit Judges.


DOBIE, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by Lloyd Frankel, plaintiff below, from an order sustaining a motion to dismiss his complaint filed as a seaman under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688. Frankel sought damages for personal injuries arising in the course of his employment by the defendant, Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Inc., while he was working on the "Liberty" vessel S. S. Patrick Henry. At the time of the accident, the vessel, lying in navigable waters...

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