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DOBBINS v. CRAIN BROS., INC.

Nos. 77-1213 to 77-1215.

567 F.2d 559 (1977)

Chester DOBBINS, Plaintiff-Appellant at 77-1213, v. CRAIN BROTHERS, INC., a corporation, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant at 77-1214, v. The PITTSBURGH AND LAKE ERIE RAILROAD COMPANY, a corporation, Third-Party Defendant and Appellant at 77-1215.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided November 23, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul L. Hammer, Pittsburgh, Pa., for plaintiff-appellant Dobbins.

John R. McGinley, Jr., Pittsburgh, Pa., for Crain Brothers, Inc.

G. Edward Yurcon, Pittsburgh, Pa., for Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad Co.

Before ADAMS and GARTH, Circuit Judges, and LAYTON, District Judge.

OPINION OF THE COURT

GARTH, Circuit Judge.

This appeal arises from an accident at the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Company's (PLE) Colona Coal Dock on the Ohio River, in which the plaintiff Chester Dobbins, a member of the railroad's river crew, was injured while working on a barge owned by Crain Brothers, Inc. (Crain). After a jury trial, the district court entered a judgment against Crain in favor of Dobbins, which we affirm. However, the district...

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