Legal Opinion
Kelleher v. Empresa Hondurena De Vapores, SA
California Court of Appeal
Decided April 5, 1976No. Civ. 46872PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
THOMPSON, J.
This is an appeal from a summary judgment against plaintiff longshoreman seeking damages for negligence of defendant shipping company, owner of the ship upon which he was working when injured. It involves the standard of negligence applicable to actions based upon the 1972 amendments to the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act. (33 U.S.C. §§ 903-905.) Concluding that the standard is one established by federal rather than state law but that defendant’s declarations do not rebut all the elements of liability under even the strict federal test of maritime…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Kenneth O. Bess v. Agromar LineCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1975
- Ramirez v. Toko Kaiun K.K.District Court, N.D. California · 1974
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3Cited by34 opinions
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