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AMERICAN DREDGING CO. v. GULF OIL CORPORATION

No. 9 of 1959.

175 F.Supp. 882 (1959)

AMERICAN DREDGING CO., Libellant, v. GULF OIL CORPORATION, Standard Oil Company, Atlantic Pipe Line Company, American Oil Company, Texas Company, Atlantic Refining Co., Pioneer Oil Company and Herman S. Stoffman and Benjamin Stoffman, Respondents.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

July 22, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Krusen, Evans & Shaw, Philadelphia, Pa., for libellant.

J. B. H. Carter, Philadelphia, Pa., for Gulf Oil Corp.

Thomas F. Mount, Philadelphia, Pa., for Atlantic Refining Co. and Atlantic Pipe Line Co.

Gordon Cavanaugh, Philadelphia, Pa., for Esso Standard Oil Co.

Howard R. Detweiler, Philadelphia, Pa., for Pioneer Oil Co., Herman S. Stoffman and Benjamin Stoffman.

John J. McDevitt, 3rd, Philadelphia, Pa., for American Oil Co.

William P. O'Neill, Philadelphia, Pa., for Texas Co.

HASTIE, Circuit Judge.

This libel as instituted by American Dredging Co. demands of certain riparian landowners contribution or indemnity for damages libellant has had to pay for the wrongful death of a seaman employed by it. The fatal accident occurred in Pennsylvania waters when a volatile petroleum product on the surface of the Schuylkill River ignited as libellant's tug with a tow was navigating the stream. Libellant...

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