ADMIRALTY-JURISDICTION OVER TORTS-PERSONAL INJURIES CAUSED BY A FALL FROM VESSEL TO DOCK

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Abstract

Plaintiff, a longshoreman, was employed by the defendant terminal company in unloading a vessel in a Great Lakes port. While working on the deck of the vessel he was struck by a swinging hoist, precipitated upon the wharf and injured. He sought compensation under the state workmen's compensation act, but the state supreme court vacated the commission's award on the ground that the federal law controlled. Held, by the United States Supreme Court, that the cause of action arose on the vessel where the blow was struck and was governed by the maritime law. Minnie v. Port Huron Terminal Co., (U.S. 1935) 55 S. Ct. 884.

Recommended Citation

ADMIRALTY-JURISDICTION OVER TORTS-PERSONAL INJURIES CAUSED BY A FALL FROM VESSEL TO DOCK, 34 Mich. L. Rev. 281 (1935).
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