Legal Opinion
Anderson v. SS Gulf Trader
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 30, 1969No. 27127PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Per curiam
Longshoreman Anderson, while loading and stowing sacked cargo in a locker in one of the ’tween decks of the SS Gulf Trader, was struck by three or four sacks falling from a loaded pallet and suffered permanent injuries. Finding that the ship was unseaworthy, the District Court awarded Anderson damages in the amount of $75,000. Recovery over by the ship against the impleaded stevedore, New Orleans Stevedoring Company, was allowed. Attacking Anderson’s right of recovery in the first instance, and alternatively the District Court’s refusal to reduce the award because of Anderson’s negligence,…
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