Legal Opinion
Bertel v. Panama Transport Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 3, 1953No. 168, Docket 22572PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHASE, Circuit Judge.
The tanker, Esso Copenhagen, was lying at anchor in the harbor of Valparaiso, Chile, on October 10, 1939 from one-quarter to one-half mile offshore with her stern inshore. She had arrived the day before with 4,400,000 gallons of gasoline, naphtha and kerosene in her tanks, and the cargo was being discharged into tanks ashore through a hose leading over her stern to the receiving tanks. Between 12:-30 and 1:00 P.M. the hose broke and gasoline and its vapors, spreading over the after part of the ship, were ignited by the flame from an oil stove in the galley on the poop…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Mason v. Ship BlaireauSupreme Court of the United States · 1804
- Samuel B. Hobart and Others, of the Brig Hope and Cargo v. Andrew Drogan and Others, LibellantsSupreme Court of the United States · 1836
- Stokes v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1944
- Talbert v. ElphickeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1896
- O'Brien v. The UmattillaDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1886
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Ricardo Fotys Caradelis v. Refineria Panama, S. A.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- San Pedro Compania Armadoras, S.A. v. George Nicholas Yannacopoulos, George Nicholas Yannacopoulos v. San Pedro Compania Armadoras, S.A.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Markakis v. S/S VOLENDAMDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1980
- Nikiforow v. RittenhouseDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1967
- Trueman v. the Historic Steamtug New YorkDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 2000
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