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Gutierrez Vs. Waterman Steamship Corp.

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  • US Supreme Court
  • May 13, 1963

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  1. Mcgrath Vs. Kristensen US Supreme Court · Dec 11, 1950
  2. WheeldIn Vs. Wheeler US Supreme Court · Jun 03, 1963
  3. Gutierrez v. Waterman
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  4. Steamship Corp. - 373 U.S. 206 (1963) U.S. Supreme Court Gutierrez v. Waterman
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  5. Steamship Corp., 373 U.S. 206 (1963) Gutierrez v. Waterman
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  6. the point below, but, as is our practice, we will consider this threshold question before reaching the merits. McGrath v. Kristensen
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  7. Ford Motor Co. v. Treasury
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  8. Matson Nav. Co. v. United
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  9. Grace v. American
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  10. Hope Ins. Co. v. Boardman
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  11. Wheeldin v. Wheeler
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  12. Brown Shoe Co. v. United
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  13. a bridge or when its defective winch drops some Page 373 U. S. 210 cargo onto a longshoreman. Cf. Strika v. Netherlands
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  14. Hagans v. Farrell
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  15. by its employees. And ships are libeled as readily for an unduly bellicose mate's assault on a crewman, see Boudoin v. Lykes
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  16. The Rolph, 299 F. 52 (C.A.9th Cir.), or for having an incompetent crew or master, see Keen v. Overseas
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  17. a barrel out of his loft need not control the sidewalk to be liable to the pedestrian whom the barrel hits. See Byrne v. Boadle
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  18. question is not one of first impression, for it was decided in petitioner's favor in Atlantic & Gulf Stevedores, Inc. v. Ellerman
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  19. injured when a bale of burlap cloth fell on him because the metal bands wrapped about the bales, cf. Cotton-Tie Co. v. Simmons
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  20. it includes fitness for loading and unloading. Seas Shipping Co. v. Sieracki
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  21. when cargo is stowed unsafely in the hold, a longshoreman injured thereby may recover for unseaworthiness. E.g., Rich v. Ellerman
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  22. Palazzolo v. Pan-Atlantic
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  23. Morales v. City
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  24. in a cargo crate which broke when the longshoreman stood on it. Reddick v. McAllister
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  25. stowage, or the cargo containers, must be reasonably fit for the purpose for which they are to be used. See Mitchell v. Trawler
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  26. Morales v. City
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  27. in this Court, although other federal courts have already recognized that the case law compels this conclusion. Strika v. Netherlands
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  28. Pope & Talbot, Inc. v. Cordray
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  29. on the dock, use of an improper wire cable caused a hatch cover to fall on him. Building on such cases as O'Donnell v. Great
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  30. Accordingly, the court permitted recovery for unseaworthiness. See also Hagans v. Farrell
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  31. not plainly erroneous, and should not have been reversed. The test of laches is prejudice to the other party. Gardner v. Panama
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  32. Cities Service Oil Co. v. Puerto
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  33. The Ellerman case was cited with approval in the later decision, Morales v. City
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  34. Carabellese v. Naviera
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  35. absolute, and has been found to reach even transitory conditions arising after the outset of the voyage. See Mitchell v. Trawler
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  36. extended -- in my view, quite questionably -- to equipment brought on board by a stevedore, see Alaska S.S. Co. v. Petterson
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  37. to see that it is stowed in a manner that does not make the ship itself an unsafe place to work. See, e.g., Palazzolo v. Pan-Atlantic
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  38. Rich v. Ellerman
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  39. Carabellese v. Naviera
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  40. The Court, however, has concluded that it is bound by the determination last Term, in Atlantic & Gulf Stevedores, Inc. v. Ellerman
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  41. the case cited by the Ellerman Court in support of its unseaworthiness conclusion, Weyerhaeuser S.S. Co. v. Nacirema
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  42. The Court's decision after Ellerman, in Morales v. City
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  43. The result in Reddick v. McAllister
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  44. U.S. Supreme Court Gutierrez v. Waterman
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  45. Cf. Strika v. Netherlands
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  46. Boudoin v. Lykes
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  47. Keen v. Overseas
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  48. See Byrne v. Boadle
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  49. Atlantic & Gulf Stevedores, Inc. v. Ellerman
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  50. Cotton-Tie Co. v. Simmons
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