BURGESS v. FARRELL LINES, INC.

No. 9129.

335 F.2d 885 (1964)

Andrew H. BURGESS, to his own use and to the use of Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Appellant, v. FARRELL LINES, INC., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided July 27, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene V. Chircus and Fred Ginsberg, Baltimore, Md., for appellant.

William R. Dorsey, III, and David R. Owen, Baltimore, Md. (Semmes, Bowen & Semmes, Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellee.

Before BOREMAN and J. SPENCER BELL, Circuit Judges, and BARKSDALE, District Judge.


BOREMAN, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff, Burgess, seeks damages for injuries sustained while engaged as a longshoreman in unloading a cargo of ore from defendant's vessel, the AFRICAN DAWN, charging unseaworthiness of the vessel and negligence of the defendant. The defendant denied liability and, in turn, filed a Third-Party Complaint against Chesapeake Operating Company, the stevedore employer of the plaintiff, which complaint...

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