· 1/28/1988
Evelyn Monteleone, Charles Monteleone v. Bahama Cruise Line, Inc.
Citations
- 838 F.2d 63
- 1988 A.M.C. 1146
- 1988 U.S. App. LEXIS 1146
- 1988 WL 5616
How courts have described this case
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- noting that a ship operator’s “regular inspections” weigh against a finding of constructive notice
- “Although some older cases called for a higher degree of care aboard ship, it is now clear in this Circuit that the appropriate standard is one of reasonable care under the circumstances.”
- no notice that defective screw protruded from brass stairway “nosing”
- trip and fall over protruding screw in stairway
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Judges: Timbers, Meskill, Pratt
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