Mayer v. Zim Israel Navigation Co.

CASHIN, District Judge.

This is a motion by respondents for summary judgment under Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 28 U.S. C.A. Libelants, Dora S. Mayer and Simon Mayer, seek to recover for injuries sustained by Dora S. Mayer while a passenger upon respondents’ vessel, the S. S. Israel. On January 6, 1956, Mrs. Mayer boarded the S.S. Israel at Haifa, Israel, to come to the United States. Shortly after boarding the ship Mrs. Mayer fell from her bunk and sustained the injuries which are the subject of this suit.

Respondents ask for summary judgment on the basis of a time…