Atlantic Transport Co. of W. Va. v. Maryland Ex Rel. Szczesek

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Atlantic Transport Co. of W. Va. v. Maryland Ex Rel. Szczesek

234 U.S. 63, 34 S. Ct. 736, 58 L. Ed. 1213, 1914 U.S. LEXIS 1185

CourtSupreme Court of the United States

DecidedMay 25, 1914

Docket216

StatusPublished

Cited by3 cases

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Atlantic Transport Co. of W. Va. v. Maryland Ex Rel. Szczesek, 234 U.S. 63, 34 S. Ct. 736, 58 L. Ed. 1213, 1914 U.S. LEXIS 1185 (1914).

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Opinion

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 Fed. Rep. 240) which the Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed. 193 Fed. Rep. 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.

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