Legal Opinion
Troy M. Sessions v. Fritz Kopke, Inc., Defendants-Third Party and Cross v. Cooper Stevedoring Company, Inc., Third Party and Cross
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 6, 1973No. 72-1467PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
INGRAHAM, Circuit Judge:
The SS KARINA, a vessel owned and operated by Fritz Kopke, Inc., and under charter to the Alcoa Steamship Company, was loaded with palletized crated cargo by the employees of Cooper Stevedoring Company at Mobile, Alabama. The KARINA departed Mobile and arrived at Houston on or about July 2, 1969, where employees of Mid-Gulf Stevedores, Inc., prepared to load sacked cargo.
Troy Sessions, a longshoreman employed by Mid-Gulf, was one of the first men to enter the hold of the ship. The Mid-Gulf employees were required to walk atop the previously loaded palletized crates in…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Halcyon Lines v. Haenn Ship Ceiling & Refitting Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Coenen v. R. W. Pressprich & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Watz v. Zapata Off-Shore Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co. v. Erie Lackawanna Railroad Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Horton & Horton, Inc. v. T/S J. E. DyerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Cooper Stevedoring Co. v. Fritz Kopke, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Williams v. Brasea, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- William Hurdich v. Eastmount Shipping Corp., and Third Party Appellant-Cross v. R.C.A. Corporation, Third Party Appellee-CrossCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
- Burgess v. M/V TamanoDistrict Court, D. Maine · 1974
- Dillingham Tug & Barge Corp. v. Collier Carbon & Chemical Corp.District Court, N.D. California · 1981
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