CANTY v. SUN TRANSPORT, INC.


422 Pa.Super. 607 (1992)

620 A.2d 1

Dennis CANTY, Appellant, v. SUN TRANSPORT, INC.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed December 29, 1992.

Reargument Denied February 25, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney J. Smolinsky, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Lorraine B. Consorte, Philadelphia, for appellee.

Before BECK, JOHNSON and HOFFMAN, JJ.


BECK, Judge.

The issue in this maritime case is whether appellant made out a prima facie case that appellee-shipowner was negligent under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.App. § 688, or that appellee's vessel was unseaworthy under general maritime common law. The trial court granted appellee's motion for a nonsuit. We affirm.

Plaintiff-appellant Dennis Canty sued appellee for personal injuries he suffered while employed aboard appellee's vessel. At trial, the...

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