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BLAIR v. UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION

No. 19214.

444 F.2d 1390 (1971)

David P. BLAIR v. UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided June 17, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ira R. Hill, Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellant.

Paul E. Moses, Evans, Ivory & Evans, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellee.

Before McLAUGHLIN, ALDISERT and GIBBONS, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

PER CURIAM:

This appeal requires us to decide whether a bailee in exclusive possession of a river barge is an owner pro hac vice and thus liable for injuries to a stevedore whose injuries resulted from unseaworthiness of the vessel. The district court, 312 F.Supp. 293, found that appellant was such an "owner" and awarded damages to appellee.

The barge was towed by a river boat company...

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