Legal Opinion
Michael Riggs v. Scindia Steam Navigation Company and the Shipping Corporation of India
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 8, 1993No. 92-55139PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:
We decide here that longshoreworkers who are injured on board vessels while offloading cargo stowed in an open and obviously hazardous manner by foreign stevedores may maintain negligence actions against the vessels. The district court reached a contrary conclusion. Accordingly, we reverse the grant of summary judgment to the vessel, and remand.
I. Background
On October 2, 1989, Michael Riggs sustained injuries while working as a longshoreman for Stevedoring Services of America. Riggs and his longshore gang were assigned to unload cargo from the M/V Jalagopal. The…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Scindia Steam Navigation Co. v. De Los SantosSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Theriot v. Bay Drilling Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
- William Kirsch v. Prekookeanska PlovidbaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1992
- Winton Lemon v. Bank Lines, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Robert P. Bjaranson v. Botelho Shipping Corporation, ManilaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1989
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