Legal Opinion
Di Salvo v. Cunard Steamship Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided February 17, 1959PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HERLANDS, District Judge.
Defendant’s Motion
The scope of the doctrine of unseaworthiness is the problem squarely posed by the defendant’s motion to set aside the jury’s verdict. For purposes of the present motion, the Court must resolve all conflicts in the evidence in plaintiff’s favor and view the evidence in a light most favorable to plaintiff.
In this personal injuries action brought on the civil side of the court, the plaintiff, a stevedore, is suing Cunard Steamship Co. Ltd., the owner and operator of the Scythia. The complaint, asserting claims of the defendant’s negligence and the…
2Cases cited47 opinions
- Seas Shipping Co. v. SierackiSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Pope & Talbot, Inc. v. HawnSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- The OsceolaSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Mahnich v. Southern Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Eddie Huff v. Matson Navigation Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1964
- Robert H. Hawkes v. Willie F. Ayers, and General Fire and Casualty CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- Mainelli v. HaberstrohDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1964
- McKnight v. NM Paterson & Sons, LimitedDistrict Court, N.D. Ohio · 1960
- Vincent Forkin v. Furness Withy & Co., Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
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