Legal Opinion
Crumady v. the Joachim Hendrik Fisser
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 24, 1959No. 61PublishedCited by 485 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Douglas
Petitioner, Crumady, was an employee of a stevedoring company engaged in transferring a cargo of lumber from the ship Joachim Hendrik Fisser of German registry to a pier at Newark, New Jersey. While so engaged, he was injured and brought this admiralty suit by libel in rem against the vessel. The vessel impleaded the stevedoring contractor.
When the accident happened the stevedores were trying to lift two timbers through a hatch. The manner of the accident was described as follows by the District Court:
“. . . libellant and his fellow-employees had placed a double-eyed wire rope sling, provided…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Seas Shipping Co. v. SierackiSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
- MacPherson v. . Buick Motor Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1916
- McAllister v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Pope & Talbot, Inc. v. HawnSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
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3Cited by485 opinions
- Mitchell v. Trawler Racer, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Scindia Steam Navigation Co. v. De Los SantosSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Reed v. the YakaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Italia Societa Rer Azioni Di Navigazione v. Oregon Stevedoring Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Usner v. Luckenbach Overseas Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
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