WYBORSKI v. BRISTOL CITY LINE OF STEAMSHIPS, LTD.

No. 4117.

191 F.Supp. 884 (1961)

John T. WYBORSKI, to His Own Use and as to the Use of Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, v. BRISTOL CITY LINE OF STEAMSHIPS, LTD., Respondent, and Oriole Ship Ceiling Company, Inc., Respondent Impleaded.

United States District Court D. Maryland, Admiralty Division.

March 3, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred Ginsberg, Eugene Chircus, Baltimore, Md., for libellant.

Randall C. Coleman, Ober, Williams, Grimes & Stinson, Baltimore, Md., for respondent.

R. Roger Drechsler, David M. Buffington, Baltimore, Md., for Oriole Ship Ceiling Co.


CHESNUT, District Judge.

The important question in this case is whether the use of ship's "dunnage" in a particular way (to be hereafter described) rendered the ship unseaworthy.

The answer to this requires determination as to the present state of the admiralty law with particular reference to a longshoreman and shipowner; and further requires a careful consideration of the weight and probative force of the evidence. While important phases of the evidence...

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