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Borm v. Cunard Steamship Co.

District Court, S.D. Texas

Decided November 8, 1973No. Civ. A. No. 71-H-826PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION

SEALS, District Judge.

This is a suit in admiralty arising out of a maritime accident which occurred at the Port of Houston, Texas on November 22, 1970 as a gang of longshoremen were unloading the M/V MAHOUT. During the unloading operation a section of the vessel’s railing became dislodged and fell to the dock striking longshoremen E. H. Borm and C. D. Hammock who were working alongside the vessel. Borm and Hammock, Plaintiffs, sued the shipowner, Cunard Steamship Company Limited (Cunard) in personam and the M/V MAHOUT in rem. The Plaintiffs contended that the accident was…

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Italia Societa Rer Azioni Di Navigazione v. Oregon Stevedoring Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1964
Federal Marine Terminals, Inc. v. Burnside Shipping Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1969

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