DAVIDSON v. SCHLUSSEL REEDEREI KG

No. 73-384.

295 So.2d 700 (1974)

Maxine C. DAVIDSON, Appellant, v. SCHLUSSEL REEDEREI KG, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

June 7, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Bush of Macfarlane, Ferguson, Allison & Kelly, Tampa, for appellant.

Brendan P. O'Sullivan of Fowler, White, Gillen, Humkey, Kinney & Boggs, Tampa, for appellee.


MANN, Chief Judge.

Equality of the sexes is the rule in actions governed by maritime law. The spouse of a stevedore injured aboard ship is denied recovery for loss of consortium regardless of the sex of the stevedore. Igneri v. Cie de Transports Oceaniques, 2d Cir.1963, 323 F.2d 257; Green v. Ross, S.D.Fla. 1972, 338 F.Supp. 365; Petition of United States...

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