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BUFFINGTON v. WOOD

No. 14925.

351 F.2d 292 (1965)

Albert Guy BUFFINGTON, Jr., et al., Petitioners, v. The Honorable Harold K. WOOD, Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Respondent, Keystone Shipping Company and Paco Tankers, Inc., Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided July 28, 1965.

Rehearing Denied October 15, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marvin I. Barish, Freedman, Borowsky & Lorry, Philadelphia, Pa. (Abraham E. Freedman, Freedman, Landy & Lorry, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for petitioners.

T. E. Byrne, Jr., Krusen, Evans & Byrne, Philadelphia, Pa., for intervenors.

Thomas F. Mount, Rawle & Henderson, Philadelphia, Pa., for respondent.

Before HASTIE and FORMAN, Circuit Judges, and KIRKPATRICK, District Judge.

FORMAN, Circuit Judge.

This is a proceeding on a petition for a writ of mandamus, prohibition or both. The breaking in two of the S.S. Pine Ridge off Cape Hatteras in 1960 caused alleged personal injuries or death to a number of seamen who, individually, or by their representatives, instituted suit in December of that year. In April of 1962 the defendant admitted liability and withdrew its petition to limit same. The cases were consolidated for trial and on April...

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