LUNSFORD v. BETHLEHEM STEEL CORPORATION

Civ. No. 17437.

269 F.Supp. 570 (1967)

Jerry LUNSFORD v. BETHLEHEM STEEL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, Owners of SS BETHTEX v. JARKA CORPORATION OF BALTIMORE.

United States District Court D. Maryland.

June 20, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard M. Goldstein, Baltimore, Md., for plaintiff.

David R. Owen, William R. Dorsey, III, and Semmes, Bowen & Semmes, Baltimore, Md., for defendant.

George L. Huber, Jr., and Eugene A. Edgett, Jr., Baltimore, Md., for third-party defendant.


FRANK A. KAUFMAN, District Judge.

Plaintiff (Lunsford), a longshoreman, employed by the third-party defendant (Jarka, a stevedoring company), was injured ascending the gangway of the ship of the defendant and third-party plaintiff (Bethlehem), at approximately 2 A. M., May 4, 1965, when Lunsford's head struck the cross-bar or spreader. Sitting without a jury, this Court held Lunsford entitled to a judgment in the amount of seven thousand dollars ($7000) against Bethlehem...

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