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· 10/17/2023

DERRICK GOLDSON vs STATE OF FLORIDA

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  • affirming the trial court’s finding that the plaintiff’s failure to prove 14 that the defendant had actual or constructive notice of the hazardous condition “was fatal to her cause of action for negligence” under the Jones Act
  • “Since the inquiry in unseaworthiness cases is not directed to the issue of the owner’s fault, it follows that prior notice, actual or constructive, of the unseaworthy condition is not essential to a cause of action based on that doctrine.”
  • “Since the inquiry in unseaworthiness cases is not directed to the issue of the owner’s fault, it follows that prior notice, actual or constructive, of the unseaworthy condition is not essential to a cause of action based on that doctrine.”

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