Legal Opinion
Fred W. Ristow Susan M. Ristow v. South Carolina Ports Authority, an Agency of the State of South Carolina the Ss Unknown, an Unknown Ocean Going Ship
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 13, 1994No. 93-1861PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Senior Judge SPROUSE wrote the opinion, in which Judge WILKINS and Senior Judge CHAPMAN joined.
OPINION
SPROUSE, Senior Circuit Judge:
Fred W. Ristow is a long-haul truck driver. On December 20, 1988, he drove a load of steel pipes to the South Carolina State Ports Authority (“Ports Authority”) terminal in Charleston, South Carolina. While Ristow was standing atop a bundle of pipes on his truck, a forklift operator employed by the Ports Authority began to lift the truck’s cargo. Ristow was forced to jump from the truck and suffered serious injuries. The Ports…
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