Legal Opinion
Daniel Avena v. Clauss & Co., and Third-Party v. Maude James, Inc., Third-Party
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided October 1, 1974No. 1079, 1226, Dockets 73-2787, 74-1016PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FEINBERG, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff Daniel J. Avena, a longshoreman employed by Maude James, Inc. (the stevedore), was allegedly injured aboard the S.S. Gronnebek, owned by Clauss & Co. (the shipowner) in July 1967. In March 1970, plaintiff sued defendant shipowner; the latter impleaded the stevedore as third-party defendant. In October 1973, the case was tried in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York before Charles L. Brieant, Jr., J., and a jury on the questions whether the vessel was un-seaworthy and the ship’s officers negligent. At the close of plaintiff’s…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Mitchell v. Trawler Racer, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Salen v. United States Lines Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Heriberto Oliveras v. American Export Isbrandtsen Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1970
- Shenker v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
- Whitford A. Rice v. Atlantic Gulf & Pacific Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1973
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Helena Johannessen, as Administratrix of the Estate of Ole R. Johannessen, Deceased v. Gulf Trading & Transportation Company and Blackships, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
- Thomas W. Eggert v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co. And Erie Lackawanna Railway Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
- Barlas v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2003
- King v. Deutsche Dampfs-GesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
- Boncich v. M. P. Howlett, Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 1976
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