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MARANT v. FARRELL LINES, INC.

No. 76-1383.

550 F.2d 142 (1977)

Milton MARANT v. FARRELL LINES, INC., Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided January 31, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeanne Ward Ryan, S. Gordon Elkins, Stradley, Ronon, Stevens & Young, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant.

Arnold J. Wolf, Adler, Barish, Daniels, Levin & Creskoff, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellee.

Before VAN DUSEN, BIGGS and ALDISERT, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ALDISERT, Circuit Judge.

The central dispositive issue on this appeal is the question of the relative responsibility of stevedore and shipowner for longshoreman safety under the 1972 Amendments to the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (LHWCA), 33 U.S.C. § 901 et seq. Marant, a longshoreman injured in unloading a cargo, brought this negligence action against Farrell Lines, the shipowner. The trial court charged...

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