EVANS v. CAROLINA SHIPPING COMPANY

No. 71-1390.

451 F.2d 188 (1971)

Norris EVANS and Overseas Maritime Company, Inc., Appellees, v. CAROLINA SHIPPING COMPANY, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided November 15, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles H. Gibbs, Charleston, S. C. (Sinkler, Gibbs, Simons & Guerard, P. A. Charleston, S. C., on brief), for appellant.

B. Allston Moore, Jr., Charleston, S. C. (Buist, Moore, Smythe & McGee, Charleston, S. C., on brief), for appellees.

Before WINTER, CRAVEN and FIELD, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

After Overseas Maritime Company, Inc., owner of the SS PACIFIC TELSTAR, settled the suit of Norris Evans, a longshoreman severely injured when a bale of cotton duck was dropped on him during unloading, it went to trial on its third-party claim against Carolina Shipping Company, in which it had alleged breach of an implied warranty to perform the unloading operation in a safe and workmanlike manner. The district court, 330 F.Supp. 654...

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