DE VAN v. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY

No. 353 of 1956.

167 F.Supp. 336 (1958)

William DE VAN v. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY. GRACE LINE, INC., v. INDEPENDENT PIER COMPANY, Impleaded Respondent.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

October 28, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Milton M. Borowsky (of Freedman, Landy & Lorry), Philadelphia, Pa., for libellant.

Theodore Voorhees (of Barnes, Dechert, Price, Myers & Rhoads), Philadelphia, Pa., for respondent Pennsylvania R. Co.

Thomas E. Byrne, Jr. (of Krusen, Evans & Shaw), Philadelphia, Pa., for respondent Grace Line, Inc.

Francis A. Scanlan (of Kelly, Deasey & Scanlan), Philadelphia, Pa., for impleaded respondent Independent Pier Co.


VAN DUSEN, District Judge.

I. Findings of Fact

The trial judge makes the following findings of fact:

1. On or about December 20, 1954, libellant was in the employ of Independent Pier Company, impleaded respondent, as a longshoreman on the Philadelphia waterfront.

2. Pennsylvania Railroad Company, respondent, is a Pennsylvania corporation engaged, inter alia, in the transportation of goods upon navigable waters of this country in interstate...

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