FOX v. THE SS MOREMACWIND

No. 7929.

182 F.Supp. 7 (1960)

Allen S. FOX, Libellant, v. THE SS MOREMACWIND, her boats, tackle, etc., in rem, and Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc., as owners, operators, etc., in personam, Respondents and Third-Party Petitioner, Waterfront Ship Service Corporation, Third-Party Respondent.

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

March 21, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney H. Kelsey, Norfolk, Va., for libellant.

Seawell, McCoy, Winston & Dalton, Harry E. McCoy, Norfolk, Va., for respondents and third-party petitioner.

Jetts, Sykes & Coupland, Norfolk, Va., for third-party respondent.


WALTER E. HOFFMAN, District Judge.

Libellant, employed by Waterfront Ship Service Corporation, hereinafter called "Waterfront", was a member of the gang doing ship's carpentry work aboard the Moremacwind on September 10, 1957, while the vessel was anchored in the stream off the piers of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company at Newport News, Virginia. At approximately 3:20 p. m., libellant, while operating a portable electric hand saw bearing the trade name Skilsaw...

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