GINDVILLE v. AMERICAN-HAWAIIAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY

No. 11585.

224 F.2d 746 (1955)

Charles S. GINDVILLE v. AMERICAN-HAWAIIAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided July 18, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark D. Alspach, Philadelphia, Pa. (Joseph J. Murphy, T. E. Byrne, Jr., Krusen, Evans & Shaw, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellant.

Milton M. Borowsky, Philadelphia, Pa. (Charles Lakatos, Freedman, Landy & Lorry, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellee.

Before BIGGS, Chief Judge, and GOODRICH and McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judges.


GOODRICH, Circuit Judge.

This is an action by a longshoreman to recover damages for personal injuries sustained during the unloading of defendant's ship in Philadelphia on February 19, 1952. Plaintiff had a verdict and the defendant appeals.

Taking the evidence most favorable to the plaintiff, as we must after a verdict in his favor, the facts may be briefly summarized as follows: The plaintiff was a member of a crew of longshoremen employed to unload a cargo...

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