SUMMERS v. SKIBS A/S MYKEN

Civ. A. No. 26902.

184 F.Supp. 745 (1960)

Elijah SUMMERS v. SKIBS A/S MYKEN.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

June 10, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marvin I. Barish, Freedman, Landy & Lorry, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

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


LORD, District Judge.

On December 22, 1958, Elijah Summers, a longshoreman, was injured seriously aboard the defendant's motor ship Myken, as a result of the alleged unseaworthiness of that vessel and the negligence of its owner. Suit was instituted on August 25, 1959. On February 2, 1960, the plaintiff purported to make service upon the defendant under the provisions of the Pennsylvania Nonresident Vessel Owners Act, which had been approved November 10, 1959.

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