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Bell v. Nihonkai Kisen, K. K., Tokyo
District Court, D. Oregon
Decided April 26, 1962No. Civ. 60-481PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBeeks, District Judge
(sitting by designation).
On July 25, 1960, the steamship DAIRETSU MARU was lying alongside Central Dock at Coos Bay, Oregon. A log was in the process of being lifted by use of ship’s tackle from the water alongside for stowage in No. 1 hatch. Plaintiff was a longshoreman in the employ of a master contract stevedore and the loading was being performed by fellow employees. At- a time when the log had reached a point above No. 1 hatch it broke in two from a pre-existing latent defect (probably inherent vice) and a piece of the log fell into No. 1 hold striking plaintiff.
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2Cases cited21 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
- The OsceolaSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Mitchell v. Trawler Racer, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Atlantic & Gulf Stevedores, Inc. v. Ellerman Lines, Ltd.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Elma Smith, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of George E. Smith, Deceased v. American Mail Line, Ltd., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1975
- Castorina v. Lykes Bros. Steamship Co.District Court, S.D. Texas · 1984
- Joseph Noble v. Lehigh Valley Railroad Co., and Hellenic Lines, Ltd., Hellenic Lines, Ltd., Third-Party v. Pittston Stevedoring Corp., Third-Party Lehigh Valley Railroad Co., Third-Party v. William Spencer & Son Corp. And Pittston Stevedoring Corp., Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1968
- Epton v. American Mail Line, Ltd.Oregon Supreme Court · 1970
- Noble v. Lehigh Valley RailroadCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1968
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