CALOGERO, Justice.
In this case we must decide whether the Missouri manufacturer of a dredge is liable to a longshoreman who was injured while the dredge was in the process of being loaded onto a ship in the port of New Orleans. The basic facts of the case are undisputed.
Dixie Dredge Company of St. Louis, Missouri, built a dredge for use in South America. The dredge was loaded onto a car of the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad and shipped to New Orleans. In...
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