SMITH v. OLSEN & UGELSTAD

Civ. A. Nos. 32042, 32126.

324 F.Supp. 578 (1971)

Fannie SMITH, Admx., Plaintiff, v. OLSEN & UGELSTAD, Defendant. OLSEN & UGELSTAD, Plaintiff, v. DETROIT HARBOR TERMINALS, INC., Defendant.

United States District Court, E. D. Michigan, S. D.

February 24, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel Posner, Posner & Posner, Detroit, Mich., for plaintiff Fannie Smith.

John L. Foster of Foster, Meadows & Ballard, Detroit, Mich., for defendant and third party plaintiff Olsen & Ugelstad.

Earl Remer, Detroit, Mich., for third party defendant Detroit Harbor Terminals, Inc.


OPINION

TALBOT SMITH, District Judge.

Civil Action #32042 is a civil action brought by Fannie Smith, Administratrix of the Estate of Joseph Smith, against Olsen & Ugelstad, owners of a ship, the M/V MAKEFJELL. Mr. Smith was crushed by a falling crate in the hold of that vessel during its unloading by the Detroit Harbor Terminals, Inc., decedent's employer, on October 14, 1968.

Civil Action #32126 is a suit by the shipowner, Olsen & Ugelstad...

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