Legal Opinion
Cruz v. American Export Lines, Inc.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided January 14, 1986PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
2Per curiam
The central issue in these cases involving claims under the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (the Act) (33 USC §§ 901-950) is whether the Joint Maritime Safety Code (the Code), prepared jointly by shippers and the long shoremen’s union, has expanded the duties imposed upon shipowners under the Act. We hold that it does not.
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Francesco Cruz, a longshoreman employed by John W. McGrath Corporation, a stevedore company, was injured on September 17, 1976 when a hi-lo being used by longshoremen to move bales of burlap struck a piece of dunnage, dislodging a…
3Cases cited8 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
- Scindia Steam Navigation Co. v. De Los SantosSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- American Export Lines, Inc. v. AlvezSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Rodriguez v. Compass Shipping Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1981
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4Cited by24 opinions
- Tagle v. JakobNew York Court of Appeals · 2001
- Fogel v. Hertz International, Ltd.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
- Gibson v. American Export Isbrandtsen Lines, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
- American Dredging Co. v. Plaza Petroleum Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 1992
- Consolidated Edison Co. v. Jet Asphalt Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
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