District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania February 15, 1968, Civ. A. Nos. 37642, 38699, 40016, 36789, 3706, 37253, 36331, 37632, 36980, 37120, 37287, 37320, 37695, 37866, 37647 and 38125 (Close v. Calmar Steamship Corp.)

OPINION OF THE COURT

MASTERSON, District Judge.

These cases involve a series of suits brought by injured longshoremen to recover damages from the owners of ships upon which they were injured. The longshoremen allege negligence and unseaworthiness on the part of the shipowners. The suits were brought in the District Court as a matter of diversity jurisdiction under Title 28 U.S.C. § 1332.