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LUDVIGSEN v. COMMERCIAL STEVEDORING CO.

No. 136, Docket 23756.

228 F.2d 707 (1956)

Lorentz LUDVIGSEN, Libelant-Appellant, v. COMMERCIAL STEVEDORING CO., Inc., and The J. L. Mowinckels Rederi, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided January 3, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel Friedlander, New York City (Abraham M. Fisch and Arthur Hutter, New York City, on the brief), for libelant-appellant.

Albert P. Thill, Brooklyn, N. Y. (Thomas F. Keane, Brooklyn, N. Y., on the brief), for respondent-appellee Commercial Stevedoring Co., Inc.

J. Ward O'Neill, New York City (Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens and David P. H. Watson, New York City, on the brief), for respondent-appellee The J. Ludwig Mowinckels Rederi.

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

CLARK, Chief Judge.

This is a libel for personal injuries brought by libelant, a lighter captain, against a stevedoring company (the first named respondent) and the owner of the motor vessel Horda (the second named respondent). On July 19, 1950, libelant brought his lighter, a Lehigh Valley scow, alongside the Horda, then moored at Pier 34, Brooklyn, to discharge his cargo on the vessel. In the course of his operation he had occasion to go onto another scow and thence...

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