Legal Opinion
Slaughter v. Ronde
District Court, S.D. Georgia
Decided September 11, 1974No. Civ. A. 3151PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
LAWRENCE, Chief Judge.
I. The Litigation
This is an action brought under general admiralty and maritime law by a longshoreman seriously injured while working aboard the S.S. “Ronde” which was taking in cargo at the ITC docks at Savannah. The defendants are the vessel and her owner, Fyffes Group Ltd. 1
The injury to plaintiff occurred when he and other employees of Straehan Shipping Company were moving a heavy roll of linerboard into the storage position in a tween-decks hold. In some way, Slaughter was pinned between the roll and a…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Seas Shipping Co. v. SierackiSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Usner v. Luckenbach Overseas Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Waldron v. Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1967
- James E. Vickers, D/B/A Delta Towing Company v. Floyd W. TumeyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Antonio Napoli v. (Transpacific Carriers Corp. And Universal Cargo Carriers, Inc.) Hellenic Lines, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
- Gay v. Ocean Transport & Trading, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Hurst v. Triad Shipping Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1977
- Joseph Anuszewski and Ronald Gutowski v. Dynamic Mariners Corp., PanamaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1976
- Lauro De Los Santos v. Scindia Steam Navigation Co., Ltd., Seattle Stevedore Co., IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
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