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Admiralty Law Keyed to Maraist
Hopson v. Texaco, Inc.
Citation:
383 U.S. 262, 86 S. Ct. 765, 15 L. Ed. 2d 740 (1966)Facts
Two seamen aboard Texaco’s tanker docked at Texaco’s refinery in Trinidad fell ill and were deemed unable to continue the voyage. Federal law required that incapacitated seamen in foreign ports be taken to a U.S. Consul to arrange their return to the United States. The U.S. Consul’s office was located in Port of Spain, approximately 38 miles from the dock. Although Texaco had vehicles for local transportation, its practice was to use local taxi companies for longer journeys. The ship’s Master hired a taxi from one of these companies to transport the ill seamen to Port of Spain. En route, the taxi collided with a truck due to the taxi driver’s negligence, killing one seaman and seriously injuring the other.
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