United States Third Circuit

Plaintiff, injured when he slipped and fell off a 10 centimeter-wide board while unloading cargo from defendant's ship, has not shown that defendant violated its turnover duty. The ship has no duty to warn about an obvious hazard in the work area that a competent stevedore would be expected to discover while properly performing his duties.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/02/2003
• Decided 04/07/2004
• Published 04/07/2004

Judges

• Before:  SLOVITER, ALITO and FRIEDMAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Stewart L. Cohen,William D. Marvin (Argued), Steven L. Smith, Kessler Cohen & Roth, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Richard Q. Whelan (Argued), Gary Francis Seitz, Palmer, Biezup & Henderson, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellee.