Legal Opinion
Taylor v. Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided May 1, 1980No. 79-1061PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DONALD RUSSELL, Circuit Judge:
This is an action against the defendant shipowner by the plaintiff longshoreman to recover in negligence for injuries incurred by him while working in a reefer space of the vessel. The district court found that the shipowner was not negligent and granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment. The plaintiff has appealed. We affirm.
The plaintiff, with commendable frankness, accepts the correctness of the district court’s reasoning that he had, under the 1972 Amendments of the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Act, no right of action by way of “a negligence case…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Bunn v. Caterpillar Tractor Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Gay v. Ocean Transport & Trading, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Joseph Anuszewski and Ronald Gutowski v. Dynamic Mariners Corp., PanamaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1976
- Augustus Chavis v. Finnlines Ltd., O/yCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1978
- Kenneth O. Bess v. Agromar LineCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1975
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Anthony J. Melerine, Jr., Continental Insurance Company, Intervenor-Appellant v. Avondale Shipyards, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Kopczynski v. The JacquelineCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1984
- Raymond J. Donovan, Secretary of Labor, Petitioner/cross-Respondent v. Red Star Marine Services, Inc., Respondent/cross-PetitionerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1984
- Kopczynski v. The JacquelineCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1984
- Raymond J. Donovan, Secretary of Labor United States Department of Labor v. Texaco Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
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