Legal Opinion
Roderick v. Bugge
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided March 30, 1984No. Civ. A. 74-1969-NPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
DAVID S. NELSON, District Judge.
Patrick Roderick, a longshoreman employed by the stevedoring company J.J. Orr & Sons, Inc. (Orr), was injured when a steel I-beam, which had been hoisted by crane from a ship and lowered onto wooden bolsters on shore, toppled onto his foot as he attempted to release the crane’s hook. Roderick brought suit under section 5(b) of the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (LHWCA), 33 U.S.C. § 905(b), against the corporate shipowner Iver Bugge (Bugge). The shipowner in turn cross-claimed against B.T. Equipment Co. (BT), an equipment…
2Cases cited40 opinions
- Seas Shipping Co. v. SierackiSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
- United States v. Reliable Transfer Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Standard Oil Co. v. AndersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
- Weyerhaeuser Steamship Co. v. Nacirema Operating Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Krzywicki v. Tidewater Equipment Co., Inc.District Court, D. Maryland · 1985
- Canty v. A. Bottacchi, S.A. de NavegacionDistrict Court, S.D. Florida · 1994
- Hastings v. JEFCO Equipment Company, Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 2013
- Boston Ship Repair, LLC v. Starr Indemnity & Liability Co.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 2014