# Charles Brown v. Dravo Corporation. Appeal of Charles Brown. Appeal of Dravo Corporation

> Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · September 23, 1958 · 258 F.2d 704

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9446353

## Case

- **Full name:** Charles BROWN v. DRAVO CORPORATION. Appeal of Charles BROWN. Appeal of DRAVO CORPORATION
- **Court:** Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- **Decided:** September 23, 1958
- **Citations:** 258 F.2d 704
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Biggs
- **Judges:** Biggs, Maris, Goodrich, McLaughlin
- **Cited by:** 12 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- explaining seaworthiness is "a relative concept, dependent in each instance upon the circumstances"

## Opinion text

BIGGS, Chief Judge
(dissenting).
In my opinion a ship is unseaworthy if it does not have equipment on board which will permit the moving of a heavy weight, such as a 540 pound drum of oil, by some other means than by pushing and pulling it along a steel deck on a shovel. The libellant, Brown, was injured during the course of this grotesque operation and it is clear that he would not have been injured had a dolly been available and been employed.
For these reasons I dissent from the order denying rehearing en banc.

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