Legal Opinion
Greene v. Vantage Steamship Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided August 29, 1972No. Nos. 72-1035, 72-1036PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WINTER, Circuit Judge:
Robert Greene, a longshoreman employed by the United States at the Naval Supply Center, Norfolk, Virginia, was fatally injured when a hatch board on the SS RACHEL V gave way, causing him to fall to the deck below. The decedent’s wife, as administratrix of his estate, instituted this action against Vantage Steamship Corporation (Vantage), owner of the RACHEL V, claiming that Vantage had breached its duty to provide a seaworthy vessel. Vantage then filed a third party action against the stevedore, the United States, alleging that it had breached its implied warranty of…
2Cases cited40 opinions
- Seas Shipping Co. v. SierackiSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Southern Pacific Company v. JensenSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Moragne v. States Marine Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Mitchell v. Trawler Racer, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
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3Cited by28 opinions
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- H. Azzopardi, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Paul Azzopardi, Deceased v. Ocean Drilling & Exploration Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
- Warnie Lee Ivy, Cross-Appellants v. Security Barge Lines, Inc., Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Warnie Lee Ivy, Cross-Appellants v. Security Barge Lines, Inc., Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Thompson v. Offshore Co.District Court, S.D. Texas · 1977
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