HOGGE v. SS YORKMAR

Civ. Nos. 73-233-Y, 73-241-Y, 73-750-Y and 73-761-Y.

434 F.Supp. 715 (1977)

Elbert HOGGE v. SS YORKMAR, etc., et al. CALMAR STEAMSHIP CORPORATION, Third-Party Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Third-Party Defendant. BETHLEHEM STEEL CORPORATION et al., Third-Party Plaintiffs, v. George C. BAKER et al., Third-Party Defendants. CALMAR STEAMSHIP CORPORATION et al. v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant and Counter-Claimant. UNITED STATES of America v. CALMAR STEAMSHIP CORPORATION et al., Plaintiffs and Counter-Defendants. BETHLEHEM STEEL CORPORATION et al. v. George C. BAKER et al., Third-Party Defendants. Jacqi D. BRAZIL, etc. v. CALMAR STEAMSHIP CORPORATION. CALMAR STEAMSHIP CORPORATION, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America et al., Third-Party Defendants. Complaint of Bethlehem Steel Corporation, etc., et al. BETHLEHEM STEEL CORPORATION et al., Cross-Claim Plaintiffs, v. George P. BAKER et al., Cross-Claim Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Maryland.

March 11, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David R. Owen, and William R. Dorsey, III, Baltimore, Md., for Bethlehem Steel Corp.

Paul D. Bekman, Baltimore, Md., for Hogge and Brazil.

George E. Clements, Baltimore, Md., for Sanders.

William A. Grimes, George W. Constable, and James W. Constable, Baltimore, Md., for Penn Central Transportation Co.

Richard S. Wright, Baltimore, Md., for Berg Boat Co.

David V. Hutchinson, Admiralty & Shipping Section, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for United States.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

JOSEPH H. YOUNG, District Judge.

On February 2, 1973 the SS YORKMAR, a vessel owned by Bethlehem Steel Corporation and operated under charter by Calmar Steamship Corporation, while transiting the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal struck the vertical lift span of a railroad bridge causing extensive damage to the bridge, the vessel, and resulted in the death of a seaman aboard the SS YORKMAR, Philip J. Brazil, and alleged personal injuries to...

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