Legal Opinion
Associated Terminals of St. Bernard, LLC v. Potential Shipping HK Co.
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided March 28, 2018No. CIVIL ACTION No. 17-5109PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LANCE M. AFRICK, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
On May 19, 2017, longshoremen employed by Associated Terminals of St. Bernard, LLC ("Associated Terminals") boarded the M/V UNISON POWER ("ship") and proceeded to use the ship's no. 2 crane to offload wire coil from the ship to a barge anchored alongside the ship. In the process of moving these coils, the no. 2 crane's wire rope snapped, causing a load of wire coils weighing tens of tons to fall onto the barge. Jamaal Ford ("Ford")-who was employed as a forklift operator for Associated Terminals at the time and was working on the barge that…
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