MAXINE C. DAVIDSON, APPELLANT,
v.
SCHLUSSEL REEDEREI KG, APPELLEE

Fla. 2d DCA | 1974-06-07
No. 73-384
HOBSON and McNULTY, JJ., concur.
295 So. 2d 700 Florida District Court of Appeal, Second District (1974) Positive Treatment
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Opinion of the Court
MANN, Chief Judge.

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.


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