Federal Court Upholds Dismissal of Injured Longshoreman's Claims

A federal appellate court upheld summary judgment dismissing an injured longshoreman’s claims of vessel negligence against a technical manager. Case: Renteria v. Grieg Star AS, No. 25-20131, 03/06/2026, published. Facts: Balvina Renteria was a longshore worker employed by Cooper/Ports America. On her third day of unloading cargo from the M/V Star Juventas, Renteria stepped on plastic sheeting covering a gap between stacked cargo and fell 10 feet to the steel deck of the cargo hold. The cargo consisted of 10-foot-tall rolls of kraft liner board stacked with airbags in some of the gaps ...