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PORTER v. AMERICAN EXPORT LINES

Civ. A. No. 32041.

261 F.Supp. 625 (1966)

William Harvey PORTER v. AMERICAN EXPORT LINES, Inc. v. ATLANTIC & GULF STEVEDORES, INC.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

December 15, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Weiner, Freedman, Borowsky & Lorry, Morris M. Shuster, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

James F. Young, Krusen, Evans & Byrne, Philadelphia, Pa., for American Export Lines, Inc., defendant and third-party plaintiff.

Francis E. Marshall, Philadelphia, Pa., for Atlantic & Gulf Stevedores, Inc., third-party defendant.

OPINION

JOHN MORGAN DAVIS, District Judge.

This case involving injuries to a longshoreman was tried solely on the issue of liability by agreement of all counsel. The jury returned a verdict in favor of respondent, and the plaintiff has filed a motion for a new trial on the grounds that the verdict was against the weight of the evidence and that the court erred in its charge on the burden of proof.

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