Legal Opinion
The Hanna Nielsen
District Court, W.D. Washington
Decided April 24, 1928No. 4336PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUSHMAN, District Judge.
The libel is one in rem to recover damages for personal injuries, in which it is alleged: Libelant is an infant, 15 years of age, and was a sail- or on the respondent vessel at the time he was hurt. The injury is alleged to have been suffered while the vessel was taking cargo at Port Angeles, Wash., and to have been caused by the unseaworthiness of the vessel, in that a step inside No. 5 hatch was bent upwards in the middle and formed a triangle, instead of a straight line, whereby it failed to provide the necessary foothold; that such condition of the stop made it…
2Cases cited48 opinions
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- Cunard Steamship Co. v. MellonSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- The HamiltonSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
- International Stevedoring Co. v. HavertySupreme Court of the United States · 1926
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- E. Gerli & Co. v. Cunard S. S. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1931
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- Byrne v. CooperCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1974
- Arams v. AramsNew York Supreme Court · 1943
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