Petruss Media Group, LLC v. Advantage Sales & Marketing LLC

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• holding under similar circumstances that injuries which occurred on the wharf could be proximately caused by the vessel’s unseaworthiness
• applying maritime law when a longshoreman was injured on a dock by defectively bagged beans
• applying maritime law when a longshoreman was injured on a dock by defectively bagged beans
• rejecting strict interpretation that Extension Act requires injuries to be caused by the physical agency of the vessel or a particular part of it and accepting interpretation that Extension Act contemplates the negligent acts of ship personnel
• rejecting strict interpretation that Extension Act requires injuries to be caused by the physical agency of the vessel or a particular part of it and accepting interpretation that Extension Act contemplates the negligent acts of ship personnel
• \There is no distinction in admiralty between torts committed by the ship itself and by the ship's personnel while operating it . . .\

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