Legal Opinion
Frasca v. Prudential-Grace Lines, Inc.
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided April 30, 1975No. Civ. B-74-272PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
BLAIR, District Judge.
I. Facts
This is a maritime “slip’n fall” case arising under the provisions of the 1972 Amendments to the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C.A. § 905(b) (Pocket Pt. 1974). The plaintiff, a longshoreman, was injured when he slipped and fell off a ladder leading into the No. 4 hatch on the defendant’s ship, the S.S. SANTA CLARA. The jury returned a special verdict finding the shipowner, the plaintiff’s stevedoring employer, I.T.O. Corp., and the plaintiff all negligent in the amounts of 40 percent, 50 percent, and 10 percent…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Continental Ore Co. v. Union Carbide & Carbon Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Crumady v. the Joachim Hendrik FisserSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- West v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- John S. Mays v. Pioneer Lumber Corporation, a West Virginia CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1974
- Lucas v. " BRINKNES" SCHIFFAHRTS GES.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1974
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3Cited by36 opinions
- 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
- Augustus Chavis v. Finnlines Ltd., O/yCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1978
- Lauro De Los Santos v. Scindia Steam Navigation Co., Ltd., Seattle Stevedore Co., IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
- Milton Marant v. Farrell Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1977
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