Legal Opinion

Wright v. Adonis Compania Naviera, S.A.

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided April 3, 1978No. 77-636PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE GOLDBERG

delivered the opinion of the court:

Marshall Wright (plaintiff) sustained injuries when a bundle of steel coated with grease slipped from a pile of similar bundles he and fellow longshoremen employed by the International Great Lakes Shipping Company (Stevedore) were unloading from a vessel owned by Adonis Compañía Naviera, S.A. (defendant) and docked in Chicago. Plaintiff filed a complaint in the circuit court seeking damages from defendant on the basis of negligence. Upon consideration of the pleadings, both parties’ memoranda of law and plaintiff’s deposition,…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Urie v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  2. Carruthers v. B. C. Christopher & Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1974
  3. Antonio Napoli v. (Transpacific Carriers Corp. And Universal Cargo Carriers, Inc.) Hellenic Lines, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
  4. Anthony Munoz v. Flota Merchante Grancolombiana, S.A.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
  5. Econo Lease, Inc. v. NoffsingerIllinois Supreme Court · 1976

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. United Air Lines, Inc. v. Conductron Corp.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1979
  2. Laco v. City of ChicagoAppellate Court of Illinois · 1987
  3. Campbell v. Bayou Steel Corp.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 2004
  4. Department of Registration & Education v. SchmidtAppellate Court of Illinois · 1990
  5. Heerey v. ManiatisAppellate Court of Illinois · 1989

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