Davis v. United States
District Court, S.D. Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER AND MEMORANDUM
NANGLE, District Judge.
Currently before the Court is defendant United States of America’s Motion for Summary Judgment. For the reasons described below, the United States’ motion will be granted.
FACTS
On August 13, 1990, plaintiff Willie L. Davis was accidentally injured while employed by Southeastern Atlantic Cargo Operators (SEACO), a stevedoring company, as a longshoreman aboard the M/V BELLA TRIX. The United States (through the Department of the Navy) owns the BELLATRIX, a “roll on, roll off’ vessel. A “RO-RO” vessel is “the floating equivalent of a multi-level parking…
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