Legal Opinion
Pasquale Palermo v. Luckenbach Steamship Company, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 8, 1957No. 119, Docket 24245PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WATERMAN, Circuit Judge.
The defendant, Luckenbach Steamship Company, appeals from a judgment below entered upon a jury verdict awarding the plaintiff, Pasquale Palermo, $65,000 damages for personal injuries sustained while he was working as a longshoreman on a ship owned and operated by the defendant. The complaint alleged that the injuries were caused by the defendant’s negligence in failing to provide the plaintiff with a reasonably safe place to work, and by the unseaworthy condition of the defendant’s steamship, the Marine Snapper.
The evidence adduced at the trial tended to establish the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Seas Shipping Co. v. SierackiSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Pope & Talbot, Inc. v. HawnSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Mahnich v. Southern Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Lynch v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1947
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Pinion v. Mississippi Shipping CompanyDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1957
- Di Salvo v. Cunard Steamship Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1959
- Ferrigno v. Ocean Transport, Ltd.District Court, S.D. New York · 1961
- Ake Nygren v. American Boat Cartage, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1961
- Pasquale Palermo v. Luckenbach Steamship Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1958
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