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PORTER v. AMERICAN EXPORT LINES, INC.

No. 16589.

387 F.2d 409 (1968)

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

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided January 4, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judith J. Jamison, Freedman, Borowsky & Lorry, Philadelphia, Pa. (S. Gerald Litvin, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellant.

James F. Young, Krusen, Evans & Byrne, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellee.

Before McLAUGHLIN, KALODNER and GANEY, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

GANEY, Circuit Judge.

In this longshoreman's in personam civil action to recover for injuries sustained by him while he was assisting in unloading a cargo vessel in the Port of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the jury found for the defendant-appellee shipowner. The basis for the action was the claimed unseaworthiness of the vessel or the negligent operation of the vessel, or both.

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