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SZOPKO v. KINSMAN MARINE TRANSIT CO.

Docket No. 74646, (Calendar No. 5).

426 Mich. 653 (1986)

397 N.W.2d 171

SZOPKO v. KINSMAN MARINE TRANSIT COMPANY

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided December 17, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Jaques Admiralty Law Firm, P.C. (by Robert E. Swickle), for the plaintiff.

Foster, Meadows & Ballard (by John A. Hamilton) and Andich & Belgrade (by Steven B. Belgrade and David W. Andich) for the defendant.

Decided December 17, 1986. Rehearing denied 428 Mich. 1201.

CAVANAGH, J.

This case plunges the Court into the depths of uncharted waters — federal admiralty law.1

FACTS

Plaintiff Szopko was a crew member of the S.S. Buckeye Monitor, a Great Lakes freighter owned by defendant. Kinsman Marine. The vessel was docked at Conneaut, Ohio, to unload a cargo of taconite pellets. Pittsburgh and Conneaut Dock Company...

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