Sherfy v. BARGE MARIN HORIZON, NO. 651632

ORDER DENYING SUMMARY JUDGMENT MOTION BY BARGE MARIN HORIZON

ALSUP, District Judge.

INTRODUCTION

In this maritime case, the general issue concerns allocation of the responsibility for injuries sustained by a seaman who fell while descending a jacobs ladder from one vessel to his own. On the narrower question posed by this motion for summary judgment, the seaman’s vessel, sued in rem, seeks a declaration that it was seaworthy and that it cannot be deemed otherwise merely because the jacobs ladder may have been improperly rigged by the crew of the other vessel. Viewing the summary judgment record…