Legal Opinion
McGuire v. Lykes Bros. Steamship Co.
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
Decided April 14, 1980No. Civ. A. 76-C-85PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
REYNOLDS, Chief Judge.
This is a maritime personal injury action arising under 33 U.S.C. §§ 901-905. The injury occurred on a vessel moored at the heavy-lift dock along the Kinnikinnic Basin of the Kinnikinnic River inside of Jones Island at the Port of Milwaukee, and is therefore within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United States.
The Plaintiff, Donald McGuire, was injured on October 8,1975, when he fell from a ladder into the hold of a ship on which he was engaged in lashing cargo. The Defendant, Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc., (“Lykes”) is the owner of the…
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