eBook details
- Title: Belships Company v. Pedro Jose Bilbao
- Author : United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- Release Date : January 27, 1968
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 60 KB
Description
Appellee, a longshoreman, was injured while unloading Volkswagens from the hold of the S.S. BELVERA. He contended, and the district court found, that the manner in which the cargo was stowed and unloaded created an unreasonable risk of harm to the long-shoremen, and rendered the vessel unseaworthy. Three Volkswagens were stowed bumper to bumper in a line facing the square of the hatch. The front bumper of the Volkswagen nearest the square of the hatch was about three inches from a cable used to support a false deck upon which the cars rested. The rear bumper of the last Volkswagen was within three inches of the skin of the ship. It was therefore impossible to maneuver any one of the three cars out of the line by turning the steering wheel and pushing. Appellee and two other longshoremen attempted to ""bounce"" the first Volkswagen to the side so that it and the two cars behind it could be rolled to the square of the hatch.