Legal Opinion
Lopez v. Atlanta-Schiffahrts—G.M.B.H.
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided October 27, 1966No. Civ. No. 161-66PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
CANCIO, District Judge.
This case is now before the Court on a motion by Plaintiff to strike an affirmative defence raised by the Defendant in this ease.
The affirmative defence in question states that:
“At the time of the happening of the events alleged in the complaint the SS Christiana Pikuritz was under Bare Boat Charter to the Hamburg Americanische Paketfahrt Actien Gesellschaft.”
Plaintiff objects to this affirmative defence and moves that it be stricken on the grounds that:
1. The owner of the vessel has a non-delegable duty to provide and maintain a seaworthy and safe vessel,…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Seas Shipping Co. v. SierackiSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- The OsceolaSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Reed v. the YakaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Gutierrez v. Waterman Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Alaska Steamship Co. v. PettersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Keller v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. New Hampshire · 1983