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HURST v. TRIAD SHIPPING CO.

Nos. 76-1923 and 76-2562.

554 F.2d 1237 (1977)

Robert HURST, Appellant, v. TRIAD SHIPPING COMPANY. (D.C. Civil Action No. 74-1143). Leslie MINUS, Appellant, v. TRIAD SHIPPING COMPANY. (D.C. Civil Action No. 74-1573). TRIAD SHIPPING COMPANY, Appellant, v. LAVINO SHIPPING COMPANY. (D.C. Civil No. 76-2772).

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided April 25, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles F. Love, Charles Sovel, Freedman, Lorry, Vigderman, Weiner & Sovel, Philadelphia, Pa., for Hurst and Minus.

Robert B. White, Jr., Rawle & Henderson, Philadelphia, Pa., for Triad Shipping Co.

E. Alfred Smith, Krusen, Evans & Byrne, Philadelphia, Pa., of American Export Lines, Inc., et al., as amici curiae.

Clayton H. Thomas, Jr., Charles W. Craven, Marshall, Dennehey & Warner, Philadelphia, Pa., for Lavino Shipping Co.

Before ADAMS, KALODNER and HUNTER, Circuit Judges.

JAMES HUNTER, III, Circuit Judge:

This case involves two consolidated appeals. In the first, No. 76-1923, Robert Hurst and Leslie Minus, two longshoremen, brought suits for damages against the Triad Shipping Company under amended section 5(b) of the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act of 1927, 33 U.S.C. § 905(b) (Supp. II 1972).1 The District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania entered judgment on a directed...

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