Legal Opinion
Bill Law v. Victory Carriers, Inc., Etc., and the S.S. Sagamore Hill, Etc., Defendants-Third Party v. Gulf Stevedore Corp., Third-Party
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided November 3, 1970No. 28451_1PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:
In this admiralty case we must decide whether the post -Gutierrez 1 doctrine of unseaworthiness is sufficiently expansive to embrace a longshoreman moving cargo from a point on the dock toward the vessel as part of the total operation of loading the vessel. The longshoreman, plaintiff-appellant Bill Law, was injured on December 11, 1967, while working as part of a stevedore gang engaged in the loading of the SS SAGA-MORE HILL. The SAGAMORE HILL, a vessel owned and operated by Victory Carriers, Inc. (Victory), was docked at the Port of Mobile, Alabama. Law’s employer,…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Seas Shipping Co. v. SierackiSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
- The OsceolaSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Mahnich v. Southern Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Gutierrez v. Waterman Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Victory Carriers, Inc. v. LawSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Victory Carriers, Inc. v. LawSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Pittston Stevedoring Corp. v. DellaventuraCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
- Inez Marie Drachenberg, Widow of Tracy v. Lilly v. Canal Barge Company, Inc., Jena Marine Corporation and Xyz Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- John Ross v. Mobil Oil Corporation, the Barge McM No. 2, Her Engines, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
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