Legal Opinion
John Serbin v. Bora Corp., Ltd.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided September 13, 1996No. 95-1806PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
BECKER, Circuit Judge.
The appeal in this longshoreman’s personal injury case requires us to consider once again the contours of the “active” operations duty, as developed in the caselaw flowing from the landmark case Scindia Steam Navigation Co. v. De Los Santos, 451 U.S. 156, 101 S.Ct. 1614, 68 L.Ed.2d 1 (1981), and to apply it to the facts of a stevedoring accident. The plaintiff is John Serbin, who, as the sun was rising on December 28, 1992, struggled to move a stuck piece of equipment — known as a “snatch block” — on the ship he was helping to unload. Unable to…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Scindia Steam Navigation Co. v. De Los SantosSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Howlett v. Birkdale Shipping Co., S.A.Supreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Norman I. Suchomajcz, Administrator of the Estate of Norman Suchomajcz, a Minor v. Hummel Chemical Company, Newark, New JerseyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1975
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