Legal Opinion
William O. Haughton, Appellant-Cross-Appellee v. Blackships, Inc., Appellee-Cross-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 23, 1972No. 71-3001PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARL O. BUE, Jr., District Judge:
William O. Haughton, a boatswain aboard the S/S GULF PANTHER, sustained injuries when he slipped on the snow covered deck on the port side of the vessel while it was moored in the Port of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on February 17, 1967. He had just com pleted loading and stowing two new coils of mooring line with two other seamen and was making his way aft through the uncleared snow when he fell. The trial court, 334 F.Supp. 317, in a non-jury case awarded $34,650 in damages, but held that Haughton was fifty percent eontributorily negligent, thereby reducing…
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