Legal Opinion
Snydor v. Villain & Fassio et Compania Internazionale Di Genova Societa Reunite Di Naviagaione, S.P.A.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided April 24, 1972No. Nos. 71-1208, 71-1473, 71-1477, 71-1478, 71-1496, 71-1497, 71-1678PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Per curiam
Each of these seven cases involves a longshoreman employee of a stevedoring company who was injured on a pier or in a pier-based structure in the performance of his work. In each case the longshoreman instituted an action against the shipowner with the usual allegations of negligence and unseaworthiness of the vessel. Some of the cases were brought in admiralty, while others were instituted as actions at law. The district court took the position that the cases presented common “substantive” questions which could be determined only by the application of principles of maritime law. Basically,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Gutierrez v. Waterman Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Victory Carriers, Inc. v. LawSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Victory Carriers, Inc. v. LawSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Bill Law v. Victory Carriers, Inc., Etc., and the S.S. Sagamore Hill, Etc., Defendants-Third Party v. Gulf Stevedore Corp., Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
- Green v. Pope & Talbott, Inc.District Court, D. Maryland · 1971
3Cited by3 opinions
- Mascuilli v. American Export Isbrandtsen Lines, Inc.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1974
- Hempsal Snydor, Jr. v. Villain & Fassio Et Compania Internazionale Di Genova Societa Reunite Di Naviagaione, S.P.A., William Randolph v. Central Gulf Steamship Corp., Bert Robinson v. Grace Line, Inc., Paisley Green, to His Own Use and to the Use of Liberty Mutual Insurance Company v. Pope and Talbott, Inc., a Body Corporate, James R. Miles v. S.S. Prodromos, Oscar Eaddy v. Emder Dampfercompagnie Aktiengesellschaft, James Mislak v. Plouvier Maritime, N.V.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1972
- John A. Kloster v. S. S. Chatham and Waterman Steamship CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1973