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DOUGHERTY v. WATERMAN STEAMSHIP CORPORATION

Nos. 12678, 12679.

265 F.2d 284 (1959)

John DOUGHERTY, Appellee in No. 12678, v. WATERMAN STEAMSHIP CORPORATION, Appellant (Ryan Stevedoring Company, Appellee in No. 12679).

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided April 8, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Martin J. Vigderman, Philadelphia, Pa. (Abraham E. Freedman, Wilfred R. Lorry, Freedman, Landy & Lorry, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellee Dougherty.

T. E. Byrne, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa. (Krusen, Evans & Shaw, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellee Ryan Stevedoring Co.

Before GOODRICH and STALEY, Circuit Judges, and STEEL, District Judge.

STALEY, Circuit Judge.

These are appeals taken by the shipowner, which was both defendant and third-party plaintiff in the actions below, from judgments entered by the district court upon the jury's verdicts. The primary action was initiated by a longshoreman, Dougherty, to recover damages for personal injuries incurred while unloading appellant's ship, the S.S. Bienville, at Philadelphia on October 8, 1952. Appellant joined Dougherty's employer, the stevedoring contractor...

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