Waldron v. Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
356 F.2d 247 · 1966
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
cited 1 times by the Supreme Court
March 1970
most recently cited
3 federal appellate ·
Appellate journey
Relationships
Relies on Seas Shipping Co. v. Sieracki · The Osceola · Glidden Company v. Zdanok Et Al. · Mitchell v. Trawler Racer, Inc. · Mahnich v. Southern Steamship Co.
Most-quoted passages
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“It is with respect to the ship’s gear, equipment and appliances that the most significant developments along liberal lines have taken place. It now rridkes no difference thdt other sdfe gedr wds dvdildble but not used. See, e. g., Mahnich v. Southern S. S. Co., 1944, 321 U.S. 96 , 64 S.Ct. 455 , 88 L.Ed. 561 . Shore workers, including longshoremen and others performing tasks traditionally the work of seamen, became entitled to the benefits of the warranty of seaworthiness. Seas Shipping Co. v. Sieracki, 1946, 328 U.S. 85 , 66 S.Ct. 872 , 90 L.Ed. 1099 . And the doctrine has been applied to them even if the defective gear was supplied by the stevedore who brought it aboard ship. See, e. g., Alaska S. S. Co. v. Petterson, 1954, 347 U.S. 396 , 74 S.Ct. 601 , 98 L.Ed. 798 , affirming 205 F.2d 478 (9 Cir., 1953). Even if the gedr or appliimees were not defective, a maladjustment might mdke them ddngerous dnd the vessel could be found unseaworthy. Crumady v. The Joachim Hendrick Fisser, 1959, 358 U.S. 423 , 79 S.Ct. 445 , 3 L.Ed.2d 413 . So also with a stuck valve that could only be “broken” by the use of tools or several men working together. American President Lines, Ltd. v. Redfern, 9 Cir., 1965, 345 F.2d 629 . So also with a portable aluminum ladder leading to the hold which slipped out of place and fell due to the movement of the ship, despite the fact that an officer had placed a man to hold it and had told him to keep watch over it. Reid v. Quebec Paper Sales & Transp. Co., ”
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