Case Name: Maxine C. DAVIDSON, Appellant, v. SCHLUSSEL REEDEREI KG, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1974-06-07
Citations: 295 So. 2d 700
Docket Number: No. 73-384
Parties: Maxine C. DAVIDSON, Appellant, v. SCHLUSSEL REEDEREI KG, Appellee.
Judges: HOBSON and McNULTY, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 295
Pages: 700–701

Head Matter:
Maxine C. DAVIDSON, Appellant, v. SCHLUSSEL REEDEREI KG, Appellee.
No. 73-384.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
June 7, 1974.
John R. Bush of Macfarlane, Ferguson, Allison & Kelly, Tampa, for appellant.
Brendan P. O’Sullivan of Fowler, White, Gillen, Humkey, Kinney & Boggs, Tampa, for appellee.

Opinion:
MANN, Chief Judge.
Equality of the sexes is the rule in actions governed by maritime law. The spouse of a stevedore injured aboard ship is denied recovery for loss of consortium regardless of the sex of the stevedore. Igneri v. Cie de Transports Oceaniques, 2d Cir. 1963, 323 F.2d 257; Green v. Ross, S.D.Fla.1972, 338 F.Supp. 365; Petition of United States Steel Corp., 6 Cir. 1970, 436 F.2d 1256; Sanseverino v. Alcoa Steamship Co., D.Md.1967, 276 F.Supp. 894; Simpson v. Knutsen, N.D.Cal.1969, 296 F. Supp. 1308; affirmed 9th Cir. 1971, 444 F.2d 523; Valitutto v. D./S I/D Garonne, S.D.N.Y.1969, 295 F.Supp. 764. Thus, Gates v. Foley, Fla. 1971, 247 So.2d 40, has not been ignored by the trial judge, who properly applied maritime law in dismissing appellant's claim.
Affirmed.
HOBSON and McNULTY, JJ., concur.