Legal Opinion
Tuttobene v. Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 14, 1984Published
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Brown, J.
The issue presented on this appeal is whether the plaintiff irrevocably assigned his negligence claim to his employer by virtue of the operation of the provisions of subdivision (b) of section 33 of the Federal Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (US Code, tit 33, § 933, subd [b]). We conclude that he did not.
*443The plaintiff, a longshoreman, was injured on December 20, 1976, while working on a pier owned by defendant Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc. (Moore-McCormack), located at 23rd Street in Brooklyn. Plaintiff’s employer, International Terminal…
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- Gray v. MyrenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
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