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LYNCH v. UNITED STATES

No. 243, Docket 20561.

163 F.2d 97 (1947)

LYNCH v. UNITED STATES et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

July 3, 1947.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nathan Baker, of Hoboken, N. J. (William T. Cahill, of Jersey City, N. J., on the brief), for libellant-appellant.

Ray Rood Allen, of New York City (John F. X. McGohey, U. S. Atty., Burlingham, Veeder, Clark & Hupper, and C.B.M. O'Kelley, all of New York City, on the brief), for respondent-appellee United States.

Frank A. Bull, of New York City (Duncan & Mount and Daniel Huttenbrauck, all of New York City, on the brief), for respondent-impleaded-appellee.

Before L. HAND, CHASE, and CLARK, Circuit Judges.

CLARK, Circuit Judge.

This appeal requires definition of the scope of the duty of a shipowner to employees of an independent contractor working on its ship. On August 15, 1944, libellant's husband, the decedent Lynch, was an electrician's helper employed by Bethlehem Steel Company, which had a contract to repair the cargo vessel "Ben F. Dixon" owned by the United States. From one o'clock that afternoon until the happening...

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