Legal Opinion
Zielinski v. Empresa Hondurena De Vapores
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided June 2, 1953PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DIMOCK, District Judge.
Defendant Empresa Hondurena de Va-pores, a Honduran corporation, which I shall call “Empresa”, moves to dismiss the complaint as against it on the ground that the court has no jurisdiction of the action. The action is brought by the third mate of the Orotava, a vessel operated by' Empresa on a time charter to defendant United Fruit Company. He sues under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688, for damages arising from personal injuries suffered on July 6, 1949, while the ship was in the harbor of Puerto Armuelles, Panama.
Plaintiff, who was at the time of the accident a citizen…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Lauritzen v. LarsenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Gerradin v. United Fruit Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1932
- O'Neill v. Cunard White Star, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1947
- Central Vermont Transportation Co. v. DurningSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
3Cited by29 opinions
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- Southern Cross Steamship Co., Inc. v. Georgios FiripisCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1960
- Bobolakis v. Compania Panamena Maritima San Gerassimo, S.A.District Court, S.D. New York · 1958
- Hellenic Lines Limited and Universal Cargo Carriers, Inc. v. Zacharias RhoditisCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Tsakonites v. Transpacific Carriers Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 1965
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