FITZGERALD v. POLISH OCEAN LINES

No. 9467.

337 F.2d 376 (1964)

Sailor G. FITZGERALD, Appellant and Cross-Appellee, v. POLISH OCEAN LINES, also known as Polskie Linie Oceanczne, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff, and BOSTON METALS COMPANY, Third-Party Defendant, Appellees and Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided October 20, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. O'Connor, Jr., Baltimore, Md. (O'Connor & Preston, Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellant and cross-appellee.

Randall C. Coleman, Baltimore, Md. (Southgate L. Morison and Ober, Williams & Grimes, Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellee and cross-appellant Polish Ocean Lines.

W. Hamilton Whiteford and Donald N. Rothman, Baltimore, Md., for appellee and cross-appellant Boston Metals Co.

Before BRYAN, FAHY and BELL, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

The adequacy of a verdict in his favor for personal injuries is the issue upon this appeal by Sailor G. Fitzgerald in his action against the Polish Ocean Lines, owner and operator of the M. V. Krynica. A longshoreman, he was employed by the Boston Metals Company which was the stevedore loading the vessel at Baltimore, Maryland.

Fitzgerald was struck when a bundle of dunnage fell from its storage place...

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