DOUGHERTY v. HAALAND

Civ. A. No. 76-1703.

457 F.Supp. 860 (1978)

John J. DOUGHERTY v. Christian HAALAND.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

September 25, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley B. Gruber, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

Carl A. Putz, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendant.


OPINION

LUONGO, District Judge.

Plaintiff was injured on July 8, 1974, while working as a longshoreman on the M/S Concordia Tarek, which was moored at Girard Point in Philadelphia. On May 28, 1976, plaintiff instituted this tort action against the shipowner under the 1972 amendments to the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act of 1927, 33 U.S.C. § 905(b) (Supp. V 1975). Jurisdiction is based solely on diversity of citizenship. The case...

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