Icabalzeta v. Sea-Land Services, Inc.

We affirm the judgment of the Appellate Division substantially for the reasons stated in its reported opinion, 276 N.J.Super. 509, 648 A.2d 279 (1994). We agree that the case presents a triable issue of fact on whether the claimed defect in the vessel was obvious and whether the vessel violated its turnover duty of safety. At the remand trial the court shall instruct the jury consistent with the Supreme Court’s most recent pronouncement on the general nature of a vessel owner’s turnover duty of safety and duty to warn of latent defects. Howlett v. *524Birkdale Shipping Co., S.A., — U.S. -, 114…