Fedison v. Vessel Wislica’s Empirical Analysis

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14 federal appellate · 3 district · 3 state decisions

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The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “There is no doubt that the stevedore which employed the plaintiff was an independent contractor hired by the vessel to load cargo. The plaintiff was therefore a business invitee of the vessel. It is black-letter law that the owner of a premise owes no duty to warn an invitee of a defect or danger which is known to him or which is as well known to the invitee as to the owner, or which is obvious or which should be observed by the invitee in the exercise of ordinary care. ( 382 F.Supp. 4, 7 ).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 409 F. Supp. 869 - Cummings v. "Sidarma" Soc.

2. ““1. The plaintiff seeks to hold the vessel liable for the condition of the stow, alleging that the defendant .breached [his] duty to provide him with a safe place to work. By this argument, however, the plaintiff seeks to circumvent the expressed intent of the 1972 Amendments to the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C. § 905 (b), to abolish actions by longshoremen against the vessel based upon a breach of warranty of seaworthiness..” 382 F.Supp. at 6 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ramirez v. Toko Kaiun K.K.