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DOBBINS v. CRAIN BROTHERS, INC.

Civ. A. No. 75-99.

432 F.Supp. 1060 (1976)

Chester DOBBINS v. CRAIN BROTHERS, INC. v. PITTSBURGH & LAKE ERIE RAILROAD COMPANY.

United States District Court, W. D. Pennsylvania.

December 13, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul L. Hammer, Pittsburgh, Pa., for plaintiff.

John R. McGinley, Jr., G. Edward Yurcon, Pittsburgh, Pa., for defendant.

OPINION

KNOX, District Judge.

The facts of this case are simple. The plaintiff slipped and fell upon ice and snow on the deck of the defendant's barge sustaining serious injuries. However, careful consideration of the legal issues arising from this injury leads the court to agree with Judge Friendly's observation that admiralty law constitutes a "wonderland"1 and with the observation of Judge Teitelbaum of this court that this...

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