United States Sixth Circuit

Evidence that safety ropes or handrails were not on ship is sufficient to support claim of inadequate safety procedures even though there are no regulations or industry practices requiring them, as long as there is evidence that prior injuries resulted from their absence.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/29/2000
• Decided 04/06/2001
• Published 04/06/2001

Judges

• Before: NELSON, SILER, and CLAY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James B. Helmer, Jr. (argued and briefed), Helmer, Martins & Morgan, Cincinnati, OH, Meredith Lynn Lawrence (briefed), Lawrence & Schletker, Warsaw, KY, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Todd M. Powers (argued and briefed), Schroeder, Maundrell, Barbiere & Powers, Cincinnati, OH, for Defendants-Appellees.