Legal Opinion
Robertson v. Sanyo Maru
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided April 1, 1969No. 4950Published
1Opinion of the Court
RUBIN, District Judge:
Theologians once debated how many angels might stand on the head of a pin. Metaphysicians trained in such a tradition may find it possible to rationalize the decisions dealing with the extent to which a shipowner is liable for injuries to longshoremen caused by unseaworthiness brought about by the acts of fellow longshoreman.1 The analyst must consider the decision in Sieracki2 that a longshoreman engaged in ship’s work has a cause of action against the shipowner for unseaworthiness, as well as the decision in Crumady v. The Joachim Hendrik Fisser3 that the…
2Cases cited16 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
- Mitchell v. Trawler Racer, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Crumady v. the Joachim Hendrik FisserSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Boudoin v. Lykes Bros. Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
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