KNOX v. UNITED STATES LINES CO.

Civ. A. No. 23807.

186 F.Supp. 668 (1960)

William KNOX v. UNITED STATES LINES CO. v. T. HOGAN CORPORATION.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

August 1, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Freedman, Landry & Lorry, S. Gerald Litvin, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

Rawle & Henderson, Harrison G. Kildare, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendant.


WOOD, District Judge.

The plaintiff is a longshoreman who was injured while unloading a cargo of burlap rolls from defendant's vessel. The jury found that the accident was caused by the negligence of the plaintiff and the other longshoremen in the manner in which they attempted to dislodge the top roll of burlap from a pyramid of rolls eight feet high. Their carelessness caused the pyramid to "cave in," injuring plaintiff.

The basic question presented by plaintiff...

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