Legal Opinion
Puleo v. H. E. Moss & Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 20, 1947No. 149, Docket 20436PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
L. HAND, Circuit Judge.
H. E. Moss & Company, owner of the tanker, “Lucellum,” appeals from a decree in the admiralty which held it solely liable for the death of the libellant’s intestate, Peter Puleo. Puleo’s administratrix sued the Moss Company for negligence in not finding a safe place for Puleo to work; and the Moss Company impleaded the Todd Shipyard Company, as successor to the Robins Drydock and Repair Company of which Puleo had been an employee, on the ground that the Robins Company had been negligent, and was in any event liable by contract to indemnify the Moss Company. The facts,…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- The Steamship JeffersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
- Porello v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1946
- Hess v. Bernheimer & Schwartz Pilsener Brewing Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1916
- Haefeli v. Woodrich Engineering Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1931
- Potter v. New York, Ontario & Western Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1933
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3Cited by25 opinions
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- Margolin v. New York Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1973
- Guerrini v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1948
- T. Smith & Son, Inc. v. Frank WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
- Riley v. Agwilines, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1947
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