HINES v. BRISTOL CITY LINE

No. 18144.

422 F.2d 668 (1970)

Ellen HINES, Administratrix of the Estate of Albert Joseph Hines, Deceased, Appellant, v. BRISTOL CITY LINE v. NORTHERN METAL CO. (Third-Party Defendant).

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided March 4, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis Samuel Fine, Fine, Staud, Silverman & Grossman, Philadelphia, Pa., (Joseph E. Kaplan, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellant.

John T. Biezup, Rawle & Henderson, Philadelphia, Pa., (Robert B. White, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellee.

Before FORMAN, SEITZ and ADAMS, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

SEITZ, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff, administratrix of the estate of a longshoreman, appeals an order of the district court refusing to set aside a directed verdict for defendant and grant a new trial.

Claiming negligence and unseaworthiness, plaintiff sued the defendant shipowner under the Pennsylvania Wrongful Death and Survival statutes for damages resulting from the death of Albert J. Hines. Decedent was a deckman for the stevedore...

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