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Evans v. Overseas Maritime Co.
District Court, D. South Carolina
Decided October 27, 1970No. Civ. A. 69-417PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
SIMONS, District Judge.
On July 18, 1968, at approximately four o’clock in the afternoon, Norris J. Evans, Jr., a longshoreman employed by the third-party defendant, Carolina Shipping Company, sustained a very serious injury when a bale of cotton piece goods fell back into the hatch of the vessel upon which he was working and struck him, as it was being lifted out of the hatch. As a result of the accident, he was permanently injured, and he brought an action in Admiralty against the owners of the vessel, alleging negligence and unseaworthiness. Defendant Overseas Maritime Co., Inc.,…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Weyerhaeuser Steamship Co. v. Nacirema Operating Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958
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- Norris Evans and Overseas Maritime Company, Inc. v. Carolina Shipping CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1971