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YATES v. DANN

Nos. 11439, 11440.

223 F.2d 64 (1955)

Corden E. YATES v. Rodney H. DANN, Ruby M. Dann and R. H. Dann Towing and Lighterage Company, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided May 20, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stewart Lynch, Wilmington, Del. (J. Webster Jones, Philadelphia, Pa., Samuel Handloff, Wilmington, Del., on the brief), for appellants.

Abraham E. Freedman, Philadelphia, Pa. (Henry A. Wise, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellee.

Before GOODRICH, McLAUGHLIN and STALEY, Circuit Judges.

McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge.

On the night of April 16, 1946, the mate in charge of appellants' tugboat Neptune then engaged in dredging operations in the Cape Fear River near Wilmington, North Carolina, had his right foot and ankle seriously injured when he attempted to slack off a line to some pontoons the tug was towing. Because the particular line had not been properly fastened by the deckhand on the tug, it ran out on him and caught his leg, crushing it against...

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