Legal Opinion
Cunningham v. Rederiet Vindeggen A/S & M/S Trolleggen
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 18, 1964No. 125, Docket 27832PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
WATERMAN, Circuit Judge,
On January 29, 1959, the vessel M/S--Trolleggen stood moored in New York’s-North River, on the south side of Pier • No. 7, while her cargo was being unloaded. During the unloading operations,. *311«one Roman Cunningham, a fifty year ■old longshoreman working on the vessel, was killed when he was struck by a two ton hatch boom which fell on him without warning. His wife and administra-trix, Ethel Cunningham (hereinafter libelant), his sole survivor, subsequently instituted this admiralty suit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against…
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