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SMITH v. GUERRANT

Civ. A. No. 68-G-14.

290 F.Supp. 111 (1968)

R. E. SMITH, Plaintiff, v. W. F. GUERRANT and Guerrant Construction Company, Defendants.

United States District Court S. D. Texas, Galveston Division.

September 24, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stillwell & Brown, Houston, Tex., for plaintiff.

Jean E. Hosey, Galveston, Tex., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM AND OPINION

NOEL, District Judge.

Plaintiff engaged defendant's crane to lift his Hyster forklift from a jetty up on a dock. The crane was positioned on the dock, and its tackle attached to the forklift. The forklift was boomed up, but as the crane was swinging it over to the dock, the boom collapsed, dropping the forklift into the waters of the Galveston Yacht Basin. Plaintiff filed this action in admiralty, alleging that the tort was maritime...

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