Monroe Taylor v. The Ss Helen Lykes, Her Engines, Tackle, Funiture, Etc.

This appeal involves an action in Admiralty brought by a longshoreman to recover damages for personal injuries sustained while he was at work aboard a merchant vessel, stowing bagged cargo. The district judge rejected the claims of the appellant in detailed findings of fact and conclusions of law and ordered dismissal of the suit. We affirm.

The district court erred, asserts appellant, in not finding the ship unseaworthy because, first, “the plan of operation for stowing cargo was unsafe” ; 1 and second, “men were substituted for equipment.” 2 Construing these contentions with what liberality…