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BALLWANZ v. ISTHMIAN LINES, INC.

No. 8786.

319 F.2d 457 (1963)

William BALLWANZ, to the Use of Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Appellant, v. ISTHMIAN LINES, INC., a body corporate, Appellee. ISTHMIAN LINES, INC., a body corporate, Appellant, v. JARKA CORPORATION OF BALTIMORE, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided June 5, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. O'Connor, Jr., Baltimore, Md. (O'Connor & Preston, Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellant, William Ballwanz, to the use of Liberty Mut. Ins. Co.

Southgate L. Morison, Baltimore, Md. (Ober, Williams, Grimes & Stinson, Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellee-appellant, Isthmian Lines, Inc.

Eugene A. Edgett, Jr., Baltimore, Md., on brief for appellee, Jarka Corp. of Baltimore.

Before SOBELOFF, Chief Judge, J. SPENCER BELL, Circuit Judge, and MICHIE, District Judge.

J. SPENCER BELL, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff, a longshoreman, one of a gang of eight, was engaged in loading a cargo of truck bodies in the 'tween deck area of The S.S. STEEL WORKER, owned and operated by Isthmian Lines, Inc. The truck bodies were crated in wooden frames measuring between 30 and 35 feet in length, eight feet in width, and four to four and one-half feet in height. To lift them from the pier into the hold, a heavy wire sling was placed under each end...

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