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FREDERICKS v. AMERICAN EXPORT LINES

No. 10, Docket 23077.

227 F.2d 450 (1955)

Fred FREDERICKS v. AMERICAN EXPORT LINES, Inc. S. J. FARRINGTON IRON WORKS, Inc., v. JOHN W. McGRATH CORPORATION.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided November 7, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sylvia Miller, New York City (Chester A. Hahn, New York City, of Counsel), for plaintiff-appellee-appellant.

John J. Kirwan, New York City (Leo F. Hanan and Martin J. McHugh, New York City, of Counsel), for defendant-appellee.

Hurley, Kearney, Lane & Mattison, Brooklyn, New York (Denis M. Hurley, George P. Lane and William C. Mattison, Brooklyn, N. Y., of Counsel), for defendant-appellant S. J. Farrington Iron Works, Inc.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, and MEDINA and LUMBARD, Circuit Judges.

MEDINA, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff was employed as a longshoreman on Pier 84, New York City, by the John W. McGrath Corporation (McGrath), which was under contract to perform general stevedoring services for the American Export Lines, Inc. (American), the lessee in possession of the pier. On April 13, 1951, plaintiff was standing on a skid or platform, assisting in the transfer of cargo from a ship to the upper story of the pier, when one of the iron supports on the...

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