Legal Opinion
Ross v. Steamship Zeeland
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided January 7, 1957No. 7314PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMSEN, District Judge.
Libellant was injured when he tripped over some wire or cable piled on the ’tween deck in a hold of the SS Zeeland, on which he was serving as a night watchman. The district judge found that the pile of wire rendered the vessel unseaworthy, that libellant’s own negligence contributed to the injury to the extent of 60%, and that libellant, if free of contributory negligence, would have been entitled to an award of $1,000; mitigating the damages by the proportion he attributed to libellant’s own negligence, he entered judgment for $400, plus taxable costs. Both sides…
2Cases cited31 opinions
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- Alaska Steamship Co. v. PettersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
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