Legal Opinion
Quentin Hedrick v. Daiko Shoji Co., Ltd., Osaka, and Pine Oak Shipping, S.A.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 13, 1983No. 81-3588, 81-3597 and 82-3399PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOODWIN, Circuit Judge.
Quentin Hedrick, a longshoreman injured on the job, appeals a judgment n.o.v. in favor of the defendant ship, and a judgment dismissing his claim for want of jurisdiction against the foreign manufacturer of a defective wire-rope splice that gave way and caused his injury.
The judgment n.o.v. in favor of the ship raises important questions about the residual liability of the ship for its own negligence following the 1972 revisions of the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C. §§ 901, et seq. The dismissal for want of jurisdiction requires a close…
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