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HILL v. WATERMAN STEAMSHIP CORPORATION

No. 12329.

251 F.2d 655 (1958)

Irene HILL, Administratrix of the Estate of Benjamin Hill, Deceased, Appellant, v. WATERMAN STEAMSHIP CORPORATION.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided February 6, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin Vigderman, Philadelphia, Pa. (Abraham E. Freedman, Milton M. Borowsky, Freedman, Landy & Lorry, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellant.

Harrison G. Kildare, Philadelphia, Pa. (Rawle & Henderson, Thomas F. Mount, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellee.

Before MARIS, McLAUGHLIN and HASTIE, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

This case is squarely ruled against the appellant by our prior decisions in Klingseisen v. Costanzo Transp. Co., 3 Cir., 1939, 101 F.2d 902, and Curtis v. A. Garcia y Cia., 3 Cir., 1957, 241 F.2d 30. We are, however, urged by the appellant to overrule those cases and now hold that the admiralty doctrine of comparative negligence is to be applied in a suit under the Pennsylvania Wrongful...

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