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GERMAN v. CARNEGIE-ILLINOIS STEEL CORPORATION

No. 9153.

156 F.2d 977 (1946)

GERMAN v. CARNEGIE-ILLINOIS STEEL CORPORATION.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided August 19, 1946.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hymen Schlesinger, of Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellant.

Ira R. Hill, of Pittsburgh, Pa. (Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay, of Pittsburgh, Pa., on the brief), for appellee.

Before BIGGS, McLAUGHLIN, and O'CONNELL, Circuit Judges.

O'CONNELL, Circuit Judge.

This case presents the interesting if sometimes perplexing question of election of rights and remedies. A seaman is injured while on duty in the engine room of a river steamer. He brings an action on the law side in the District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, charging the shipowner with negligence under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, and with breach of warranty of seaworthiness under general maritime principles. During...

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