Legal Opinion
Marshall v. Ove Skou Rederia A/S
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 15, 1967No. 23295PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GODBOLD, Circuit Judge.
Appellant John L. Marshall, a longshoreman, filed a libel against the SS Birgitte Skou and her owner1 to recover damages for personal injuries sustained on board the vessel during loading of cargo at Mobile. The United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama found that the equipment used in the loading operation was not shown to be unseaworthy.
Marshall, an employee of a stevedoring company, was a member of a gang loading structural steel of varying size, shapes and weights into a hold of the ship by derrick. He was hurt in the loading of a painted…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Mitchell v. Trawler Racer, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Mahnich v. Southern Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Crumady v. the Joachim Hendrik FisserSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Alaska Steamship Co. v. PettersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- The Tj HooperCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1932
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Robert M. Burns v. Anchor-Wate Co. And Brown and Root, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- Daniel Avena v. Clauss & Co., and Third-Party v. Maude James, Inc., Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
- Marshall v. Ove Skou RederiCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- Evans v. Overseas Maritime Co.District Court, D. South Carolina · 1970
- Carmelo Candiano v. Moore-Mccormack Lines, Inc. v. John W. McGrath Corporation, Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
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