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KNIGHT v. STOCKARD S. S. CORP.

No. 260, Docket 23040.

214 F.2d 727 (1954)

KNIGHT v. STOCKARD S. S. CORP. (W. A. RIDDELL CORP., third-party defendant).

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided August 3, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Goldstein, New York City, for W. A. Riddell Corp., third-party defendant-appellee.

Haight, Deming, Gardner, Poor & Havens, New York City, J. Ward O'Neill, Robert M. Julian, New York City, of counsel, for defendant and third-party plaintiff-appellant.

Before CHASE, Chief Judge, and FRANK and HINCKS, Circuit Judges.

CHASE, Chief Judge.

James Knight, a seaman on the S. S. Caribstar, owned by the Stockard Steamship Corp., sued the owner in personam in admiralty to recover for personal injuries sustained when, as he alleged, he was struck by parts of a winch on the ship which broke while in use. It was claimed that the ship was unseaworthy because of the condition of the winch.

The Stockard Steamship Corp., filed a third...

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