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THOMPSON v. TRENT MARITIME CO.

Appellee in No. 14943, Appellant in No. 14913,

353 F.2d 632 (1965)

James THOMPSON, Appellant in No. 14943 v. TRENT MARITIME CO., Ltd., B. H. SOBELMAN & CO., Inc., Appellee in No. 14913.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided November 16, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Avram G. Adler, Philadelphia, Pa. (Abraham E. Freedman, Freedman, Landy & Lorry, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for James Thompson, plaintiff-appellant in 14943.

Thomas F. Mount, Philadelphia, Pa. (Rawle & Henderson, Philadelphia, Pa., Thomas L. Anderson, Washington, Pa., on the brief), for appellee, Trent Maritime Co., Ltd., in 14943 and appellant in 14913.

Francis E. Marshall, Philadelphia, Pa. (Sydney C. Orlofsky and Stephen A. Cozen, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for B. H. Sobelman & Co., Inc., appellee in 14913.

Before STALEY, HASTIE and GANEY, Circuit Judges.

GANEY, Circuit Judge.

James Thompson, a longshoreman and citizen of Pennsylvania, won a general verdict of $22,500 for damages resulting from an injury he received on February 27, 1953, aboard the S.S. Duke of Athens, a vessel owned and operated by Trent Maritime Company, Ltd., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United Kingdom. B. H. Sobelman & Co., the stevedore and employer of Thompson, which contracted to unload the No. 3 hold of the...

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