BLACKBURN v. PRUDENTIAL LINES, INC.

Civ. A. No. 76-3554.

454 F.Supp. 1302 (1978)

David BLACKBURN v. PRUDENTIAL LINES, INC.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

July 19, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marvin I. Barish, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

James A. Yulman, Krusen, Evans & Byrne, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendant.


OPINION

JOSEPH S. LORD, III, Chief Judge.

A longshoreman brings this action against the owner of a vessel pursuant to § 5(b) of the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act of 1927, as amended in 1972 ("LHWCA"), 33 U.S.C. § 905(b), alleging that he was injured as a result of defendant's negligence while he was in the employ of a stevedoring company aboard defendant's vessel. Defendant has moved for summary judgment, relying on the deposition...

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