MILLER v. UNION BARGE LINE CORPORATION

Civ. A. No. 65-1095.

299 F.Supp. 718 (1969)

James MILLER, Plaintiff, v. UNION BARGE LINE CORPORATION, a corporation and Southern Transfer Company, a corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court W. D. Pennsylvania.

May 28, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore M. Tracy, Pittsburgh, Pa., John E. Wise, Louisville, Ky., for plaintiff.

Bruce R. Martin, Pittsburgh, Pa., for defendants.


OPINION

GERALD J. WEBER, District Judge.

The plaintiff in this action was a longshoreman employed by the Port of Louisville, a stevedoring enterprise. He was injured aboard a barge belonging to Union Barge Line Corporation. The barge was in navigable waters at the time. The injury was caused by a defective hatch cover lock. Union Barge Line Corporation claimed that the barge in question was under bare boat charter to the co-defendant Southern Transfer Company...

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