ATLANTIC TRANSPORT CO. v. SZCZESEK

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No. 216.

Attorney(S)

Mr. Edward Duffy, with whom Mr. Nicholas P. Bond and Mr. Ralph Robinson were on the brief, for petitioner. Mr. W.H. Price, Jr., and Mr. John E. Semmes, Jr., with whom Mr. John E. Semmes, Mr. Jesse N. Bowen and Mr. Matthew Gault were on the brief, for respondent.

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MR. JUSTICE HUGHES delivered the opinion of the court.

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ATLANTIC TRANSPORT COMPANY OF WEST VIRGINIA v. STATE OF MARYLAND TO THE USE OF SZCZESEK.

Decided on the authority of Atlantic Transport Company v. Imbrovek, ante, p. 54. 193 F. 1019, affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE HUGHES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a libel filed on behalf of the widow and infant children of Martin Szczesek to recover damages for injuries resulting in his death. Szczesek was a stevedore in the employ of the Atlantic Transport Company, the petitioner, and was engaged in loading the ship Pretoria. The District Court allowed a recovery against the petitioner (190 F. 240) which the Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed. 193 F. 1019.

The questions presented are the same as those which were considered in Atlantic Transport Company v. Imbrovek, ante, p. 52, decided this day and, for the reasons stated in the opinion in that case, the decree is affirmed.

Affirmed.

ATLANTIC TRANSPORT COMPANY OF WEST VIRGINIA v. STATE OF MARYLAND TO THE USE OF SZCZESEK.

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