Usner v. Luckenbach Overseas Corp.

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1971-01-25

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Mr. Justice Stewart delivered the opinion of the Court. The petitioner, a longshoreman employed by an independent stevedoring contractor, was injured while engaged with his fellow employees in loading cargo aboard *495 the S. S. Edgar F. Luckeribach. He brought this action for damages against the respondents, the owner and the charterer of the…

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