Davidson v. Schlussel Reederei Kg

Full title: MAXINE C. DAVIDSON, APPELLANT, v. SCHLUSSEL REEDEREI KG, APPELLEE

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District

Date published: Jun 7, 1974

295 So. 2d 700 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1974)

Opinion

No. 73-384.

June 7, 1974.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Hillsborough County, John G. Hodges, J.

John R. Bush of Macfarlane, Ferguson, Allison Kelly, Tampa, for appellant.

Brendan P. O'Sullivan of Fowler, White, Gillen, Humkey, Kinney Boggs, Tampa, for appellee.

MANN, Chief Judge.

Equality of the sexes is the rule in actions governed by maritime law. The spouse of a stevedore injured aboard ship is denied recovery for loss of consortium regardless of the sex of the stevedore. Igneri v. Cie de Transports Oceaniques, 2d Cir. 1963, 323 F.2d 257; Green v. Ross, S.D.Fla. 1972, 338 F. Supp. 365; Petition of United States Steel Corp., 6 Cir. 1970, 436 F.2d 1256; Sanseverino v. Alcoa Steamship Co., D.Md. 1967, 276 F. Supp. 894; Simpson v. Knutsen, N.D.Cal. 1969, 296 F. Supp. 1308; affirmed 9th Cir. 1971, 444 F.2d 523; Valitutto v. D/S I/D Garonne, S.D.N.Y. 1969, 295 F. Supp. 764. Thus, Gates v. Foley, Fla. 1971, 247 So.2d 40, has not been ignored by the trial judge, who properly applied maritime law in dismissing appellant's claim.

Affirmed.

HOBSON and McNULTY, JJ., concur.