Legal Opinion · Dissent
Donald J. Kokesh v. American Steamship Company
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided November 9, 1984No. 82-1765Published
1DissentWellford, Circuit Judge
I. IRRECONCILABLE VERDICTS
Plaintiff Kokesh alleged that defendant American Steamship Company (ASC) should be held liable for his claimed injury as a seaman aboard the vessel Consumers Power, because of a negligent breach of its duty to use reasonable care under the cir*1097cumstances by “deliberately flooding the decks ... and deliberately failing to make the deck reasonably safe by placing nonskid material on the clear and shiny surface.” Further, plaintiff contended that the Consumers Power was unseaworthy at the time and place of claimed injury for its failure to fulfill “its absolute duty to…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Sammie J. RODGERS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. FISHER BODY DIVISION, GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Defendant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1984
- Frank Bernardini v. And International Terminal Operating Co., Inc., Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
- Anthony Spano v. N. v. Koninklijke Rotterdamsche Lloyd, and Third Party v. Universal Terminal & Stevedoring Corp., Third PartyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1973
- Turner v. The CabinsDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1971
- Nosal v. Calmar Steamship CorporationDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1972
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