Legal Opinion
Waterman Steamship Corp. v. Dugan & McNamara, Inc.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided November 21, 1960No. 35PublishedCited by 173 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stewart
The petitioner is the owner of the vessel S. S. Afoundria. The respondent is a stevedoring company. A longshoreman employed by the respondent was injured aboard the Afoundria while engaged with other employees of the respondent in unloading the ship at the port of Philadelphia. The cargo consisted of bagged sugar. The longshoreman was working in the hold, and his injuries resulted from the collapse of a vertical column of hundred-pound bags which the unloading operations had left without lateral support.
He sued the petitioner in the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- 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
- The OsceolaSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Continental Grain Co. v. Barge FBL-585Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Crumady v. the Joachim Hendrik FisserSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
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3Cited by173 opinions
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- Italia Societa Rer Azioni Di Navigazione v. Oregon Stevedoring Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1964
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