Legal Opinion
Grammenos v. C. M. Lemos
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 23, 1972No. 27, Docket 71-1057PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
J. JOSEPH SMITH, Circuit Judge:
This case arises out of the claims of two foreign seamen for damages under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688, and the general maritime law of the United States for injuries sustained when a flash fire broke out on their ship, the S/T Chariot, in Marseilles, France. They name as defendants the Nile Shipping Co., the Panamanian corporation which owns the Chariot, a Liberian flag ship, and C. M. Lemos, a Greek citizen allegedly an American resident and the beneficial owner of Nile. Appellants claim that under the expansive interpretation of Jones Act jurisdiction…
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3Cited by6 opinions
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