BRYANT v. PARTENREEDEREI-ERNEST RUSS

No. 9168.

330 F.2d 185 (1964)

Thomas B. BRYANT, to his own use and to the use of Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Appellant, v. PARTENREEDEREI-ERNEST RUSS, Appellee. PARTENREEDEREI-ERNEST RUSS, Appellant, v. ORIOLE SHIP CEILING CO., Inc., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided April 1, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maurice J. Pressman, Baltimore, Md., for appellant Thomas B. Bryant, and another.

Southgate L. Morison, Baltimore, Md., (Ober, Williams, Grimes & Stinson, Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellee and appellant Partenreederei-Ernest Russ.

Peter Parker, Baltimore, Md., (David R. Owen and Semmes, Bowen & Semmes, Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellee Oriole Ship Ceiling Co., Inc.

Before SOBELOFF, Chief Judge, and BOREMAN and J. SPENCER BELL, Circuit Judges.


J. SPENCER BELL, Circuit Judge:

Appellant, Thomas B. Bryant, a ship ceiler, appeals from a district court judgment exonerating appellee, Partenreederei-Ernest Russ [hereinafter Partenreederei] of liability for injuries sustained by Bryant while engaged in constructing a grain feeder box aboard Partenreederei's vessel, the S. S. Christian Russ. The district court, sitting without a jury, held that the vessel was seaworthy and that the injuries sustained by Bryant were...

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