Alderman v. Pacific Northern Victor, Inc.

REAVLEY, Senior Circuit Judge:

In February of 1990 the M/V Northern Victor, owned by the Northern Victor Partnership, was docked in navigable waters in southern Florida where it was undergoing a conversion from an oil drilling vessel to a fish processing vessel. Alderman, a carpenter, was assisting in the installation of an elevator aboard the Northern Victor. On the 5th of February, Alderman fell when he slipped in oil which had leaked from a codfish heading machine. Years later, Alderman filed the instant suit in state court. The cause was removed to federal court based upon the diversity of…