Legal Opinion
Szopko v. Kinsman Marine Transit Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided December 17, 1986No. 74646, (Calendar No. 5)PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCavanagh, J.
This case plunges the Court into the depths of uncharted waters — federal admiralty law.1
FACTS
Plaintiff Szopko was a crew member of the S. S. Buckeye Monitor, a Great Lakes freighter owned by defendant Kinsman Marine. The vessel was docked at Conneaut, Ohio, to unload a cargo of taconite pellets. Pittsburgh and Conneaut Dock Company owned and operated the dock and was *656responsible for the unloading operation. The dock company is not a party in this case.
The Buckeye Monitor’s cargo was unloaded by a conveyor belt system. The dock company constructed a stairway and grated ramp to allow seamen…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Aguilar v. Standard Oil Co. of NJSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Victory Carriers, Inc. v. LawSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Grant Smith-Porter Ship Co. v. RohdeSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Victory Carriers, Inc. v. LawSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- O'Donnell v. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Susan E. Daughenbaugh, Cross-Appellee v. Bethlehem Steel Corp., Great Lakes Steamship Div., Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1989
- Said v. Rouge Steel Co.Michigan Court of Appeals · 1995
- Colon v. Apex Marine Corp.District Court, D. Rhode Island · 1993
- Oliver v. National Gypsum Co.Michigan Court of Appeals · 1991
- Said v. Rouge Steel Co.Michigan Court of Appeals · 1995
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