Whitford A. Rice v. Atlantic Gulf & Pacific Co.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that unseaworthiness exists only when slick condition creates such a condition of slipperiness that the area of the ship was no longer reasonably fit for its intended use by the crew
• holding that unseaworthiness exists only when slick condition creates such a condition of slipperiness that the area of the ship was no longer reasonably fit for its intended use by the crew
• evaluating testimony and noting that “[w]e must keep in mind the liberal attitude displayed toward unseaworthiness claims such as the present one”
• “A seaman is not entitled to a deck or ladder that is free of all oil or grease.”
• “Unseaworthiness exists only when the oil or grease creates such a condition of slipperiness that the deck or stairway is no longer reasonably fit for its intended use by the crew.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).