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GUTIERREZ v. WATERMAN S. S. CORP.

No. 229.

373 U.S. 206 (1963)

GUTIERREZ v. WATERMAN STEAMSHIP CORP.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 13, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harvey B. Nachman argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief was Stanley L. Feldstein.

Antonio M. Bird argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent.

T. E. Byrne, Jr. and Mark D. Alspach filed a brief for Ellerman & Bucknall Steamship Co. Ltd., et al., as amici curiae, urging affirmance.

MR. JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the Court.

Petitioner, a longshoreman unloading the S. S. Hastings at Ponce, Puerto Rico, slipped on some loose beans spilled on the dock and suffered personal injuries. He subsequently filed a libel against the Hastings, claiming damages for injuries caused by the ship's unseaworthiness and by the negligence of its owner, the respondent corporation. The case was tried in admiralty before the United States District...

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