ZIENTEK v. READING CO.

Civ. A. No. 9662.

93 F.Supp. 875 (1950)

ZIENTEK v. READING CO.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

September 28, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B. Nathaniel Richter (of Richter, Lord & Farage), Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

John R. McConnell, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendant.


WELSH, District Judge.

The argument advanced by the defendant is that since plaintiff was injured aboard a car float on a navigable river of the United States the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 33 U.S. C.A. § 901 et seq., is applicable, and since the remedies provided for under that Act are sole and exclusive the action insofar as it relates to the Federal Employers' Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq., must be dismissed.

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