Legal Opinion
Victory Carriers, Inc. v. Law
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 13, 1971No. 70-54PublishedCited by 368 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
The question presented here is whether state law or federal maritime law governs the suit of a longshoreman *203injured on a pier while driving a forklift truck which was moving cargo that would ultimately be loaded aboard ship.
The facts are undisputed. When the accident happened, respondent Bill Law, a longshoreman employed by Gulf Stevedore Corp. in Mobile, Alabama, was on the pier driving a forklift loaded with cargo destined for the S. S. Sagamore Hill, a vessel owned by petitioner Victory Carriers, Inc., which was tied up at the pier. Law had picked up the load on the dock and was…
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