Legal Opinion
Hill v. Flota Mercante Grancolombiana, S. A.
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided May 9, 1967No. 6109PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUBIN, District Judge.
Eddie Lee Hill, a longshoreman who stands 5 feet 11 inches tall, and weighs 250 pounds, hurt his knee while *381descending a ladder through a hatch opening. There was nothing wrong with the ladder. The opening was larger than the standard size. Nonetheless, Hill says the vessel was unseaworthy, and his lawyer puts his case with commendable candor: The hatch itself was not too small. But, he contends, Hill was too large to use the hatch safely. Hiring longshoremen too big for the available hatch renders a vessel unseaworthy, he says. Albeit ingenious, that’s a thin argument…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Mitchell v. Trawler Racer, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Gutierrez v. Waterman Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Boudoin v. Lykes Bros. Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Keen v. Overseas Tankship Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1952
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Legnos v. M/V Olga JacobCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Manuel Diaz v. Western Ventures, Inc., Etc., Defendant-Third-Party v. Dade Drydock Corporation, Etc., Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1972
- Tate v. A/B Svenska Amerika LineinDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1970
- George Legnos and John Gorman, Jr. v. M/v Olga Jacob, Her Engines, Tackle, Etc., Schiffahrtsgesellschaft Jacob and Co., of the M/v Olga Jacob, Flensburger Dampfer-Compagnie, and United States of America, Appellees-Appellants v. Eller and Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Brooks v. Zerssen & Co.District Court, M.D. Florida · 1972
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