SILVER v. AMERICAN EXPORT ISBRANDTSEN LINES, INC.

No. 8515.

310 F.Supp. 681 (1970)

Fletcher SILVER, Libelant, v. AMERICAN EXPORT ISBRANDTSEN LINES, INCORPORATED, Respondent.

United States District Court, E. D. Virginia, Norfolk Division.

March 25, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard B. Sachs, Norfolk, Va., for libelant.

William B. Eley, Norfolk, Va., for defendant.


WALTER E. HOFFMAN, Chief Judge.

MEMORANDUM

Libelant, Silver, a longshoreman, brings this action in admiralty against the shipowner, American Export Isbrandtsen Lines, to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by him when he fell from a gondola car during unloading operations alongside the vessel after being struck by a log as it was hoisted from the car to be loaded into the vessel. The principal issue...

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