Legal Opinion
Torres v. Cool Carriers A.B.
California Court of Appeal
Decided June 11, 1994No. B062486PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ORTEGA, J.
— This appeal involves a longshoreman’s personal injury action under federal maritime law against the time charterer of a vessel. We affirm the summary judgment for the defendant.
Background
Plaintiff Sam Torres worked as a longshoreman in the Port of Long Beach. On April 22, 1987, Torres was injured while working in the hold of the vessel Spring Bear. Torres sued, among others, the vessel (owned by Zeerederij Zuid-Holland B.V.) and the vessel’s time charterer, Cool Carriers (Svenska) A.B. Cool Carriers is the only defendant involved in this appeal.
In 1985 Cool Carriers…
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