SPEARMAN v. STERLING STEAMSHIP COMPANY

Civ. A. No. 19198.

171 F.Supp. 287 (1959)

William F. SPEARMAN v. STERLING STEAMSHIP COMPANY, Ltd.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

March 10, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Avram G. Adler, Freedman, Landy & Lorry, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

Thomas E. Byrne, Jr., Krusen, Evans & Shaw, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendant.


EGAN, District Judge.

This case is now before the Court on defendants motions for judgment n. o. v. or in the alternative for a new trial.

Plaintiff, a longshoreman, was injured on July 26, 1954 aboard the defendant's vessel, the S.S. Sterling Victory, while he was in the process of discharging cargo when a wall of bagged clay fell upon him. The case was tried before this Court and a jury which rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff. Defendant has asserted...

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