HOLLEY v. THE MANFRED STANSFIELD

No. 7802.

165 F.Supp. 660 (1958)

Ruth HOLLEY, Administratrix of the Estate of Edward J. Holley, deceased, Libellant, v. Steamship THE MANFRED STANSFIELD, her engines, boilers, etc., in rem and Reederei Blumenfeld, G.M. B.H., in personam, Respondents. REEDEREI BLUMENFELD, G.M.B.H., Petitioner, v. Joseph C. JETT, Respondent-Impleaded. Joseph C. JETT and Reederei Blumenfeld, G.M.B.H., Petitioners, v. ELIZABETH RIVER TERMINALS, INC., Respondent-Impleaded. ELIZABETH RIVER TERMINALS, INC., Petitioner, v. F. S. ROYSTER GUANO COMPANY, INC., Respondent-Impleaded.

United States District Court E. D. Virginia, Norfolk Division.

September 25, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis B. Fine and Howard Legum, Norfolk, Va., for Libellant.

Walter B. Martin, Jr., Norfolk, Va., for the Manfred Stansfield and Reederei Blumenfeld, G.M.B.H.

R. Arthur Jett and Roy L. Sykes, Norfolk, Va., for Joseph C. Jett.

Jack E. Greer, Norfolk, Va., for Elizabeth River Terminals.

L. S. Parsons and George P. Hylton, Jr., Norfolk, Va., for Royster Guano.


WALTER E. HOFFMAN, District Judge.

Libellant's decedent, a longshoreman employed by Elizabeth River Terminals, Inc., died as a result of injuries sustained on September 17, 1956, in the No. 2 hold of the S. S. Manfred Stansfield, a German vessel owned by Reederei Blumenfeld, G.M.B.H., and chartered to Joseph C. Jett, when a large block of solidified muriated potash fell upon decedent while he was operating a "payloader" in the hold. The amended libel filed against...

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