Legal Opinion
Silver v. American Export Isbrandtsen Lines, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided March 25, 1970No. 8515PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
WALTER E. HOFFMAN, Chief Judge.
MEMORANDUM
Libelant, Silver, a longshoreman, brings this action in admiralty against the shipowner, American Export Isbrandtsen Lines, to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by him when he fell from a gondola car during un*683loading operations alongside the vessel after being struck by a log as it was hoisted from the car to be loaded into the vessel. The principal issue is whether, under the circumstances of this case, the vessel was unseaworthy.
In resolution of various conflicts of testimony, the Court makes the following findings of fact:
Libelant,…
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- The Tj HooperCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1932
- Grigsby v. Coastal Marine Service of Texas, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- James Thompson v. Calmar Steamship CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1964
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- Kiesel v. American Trading and Production CorporationDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1972