Chapman v. Bizet Shipping, S.A.

ORDER

ALAIMO, District Judge.

In this admiralty action, Plaintiff, Iverson (Trey) Chapman, III (“Chapman”), sues Defendant, Bizet Shipping, S.A., for injuries he sustained after falling from the upper ’tween deck of the Number Two Hold of the MW Agulhas, one of Defendant’s ships. The fall occurred when Chapman returned to the upper ’tween deck approximately two to three hours after the stevedores finished loading John Deere combines there. During the period between the loading of the combines and Chapman’s return to the upper ’tween deck, the vessel’s employees had opened the hatch and turned…