Court Opinion

ID: 9451802
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-04 17:24:12.125228+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:32:54.111135
License: Public Domain

JONES, Circuit Judge
(dissenting).
In the opinion of the majority, it is shown that:
“The injury resulted from an alleged defect in a marine leg, a mechanical elevator device, owned by Continental. * * * It is permanently attached to the dock * * *. The power for * * * operating the leg is supplied by shore-based facilities * * *. The injury occurred during this last phase of the unloading.”
The end of the marine leg rested on the bottom of the barge. I do not see how it became a part of the barge merely by touching it.
I see no reason for this extension of the doctrine that a longshoreman is a seaman and equipment affixed to the shore is a part of a vessel. I would relegate the appellant to the remedy provided by the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act rather than impose a liability for negligence upon his employer by way of indemnity of the ship owner. Therefore, I dissent.
Rehearing denied; JONES, Circuit Judge, dissents.