Legal Opinion
Hopkins v. Jordan Marine, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 29, 2001No. 01-1027PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOUDIN, Chief Judge.
In June 1998, Timothy Hopkins was injured at sea while serving aboard the F/V Jamie & Ashley. The accident occurred while the ship was letting out a fishing net from a reel mounted at the aft end of the vessel. The reel was controlled by another crew member, Ben Farrington, who operated hydraulic controls on the port side. Hopkins was standing on the starboard side of the reel as the net unwound into the sea.
During the unwinding, a portion of the net slipped off the port side of the reel, falling over the edge of the flange extending upward on either side of the reel.…
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