LANDSBURG v. ACADIA OVERSEAS FREIGHTERS

No. 11467.

219 F.2d 440 (1955)

Norman LANDSBURG, Administrator of the Estate of John Smith, Deceased, Appellant, v. ACADIA OVERSEAS FREIGHTERS, Limited, and THE VICTORIA COUNTY.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided March 4, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herman Moskowitz, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant.

Harrison G. Kildare, Philadelphia, Pa. (Rawle & Henderson, Thomas F. Mount, and Joseph W. Henderson, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellee.

Before GOODRICH, KALODNER and STALEY, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from a judgment for the defendant in a suit for personal injuries suffered by a stevedore who was engaged, with others, in cleaning a ship. The case is here for the second time. See Smith v. Acadia Overseas Freighters, 3 Cir., 1953, 202 F.2d 141.

It is now clear that the duty owed to a stevedore, so far as seaworthiness is concerned, is the same as that owed to members of the crew. Alaska Steamship...

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