United States Second Circuit

Judgment for defendant on plaintiff's claims arising out of injuries he suffered while working aboard defendant's vessel is affirmed, where: 1) in maritime injury cases, the proper standard of care is that of a reasonable mariner under the circumstances and thus, the district court did not err in declining to instruct the jury on the "maritime rescue" doctrine; and 2) since evidence supported the conclusion that abnormal forces were acting on the vessel at the time the lines parted, the vessel was not unseaworthy as a matter of law.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/04/2014
• Published 03/04/2014

Judges

• WESLEY

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel