Legal Opinion
Ramon Ruiz Pichirilo v. Laureano Maysonet Guzman, Libellant
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 29, 1961No. 5650_1PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALDRICH, Circuit Judge.
This is a libel in rem against the M/V Caribe and in personam against her owner (hereinafter respondent) for personal injury sustained by libellant, a longshoreman employed by Bordas & Co., a stevedoring concern engaged in discharging the vessel in the port of San Juan, Puerto Rico. The sole claim is for unseaworthiness, the injury having been caused by an admittedly defective shackle, recently bought. The defense was that the vessel was under demise charter to Bordas. The court ruled that the evidence showed no such charter. 1 This ruling was wrong. A demise charter…
2Cases cited32 opinions
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- The OsceolaSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Mahnich v. Southern Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- The LottawannaSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
- Bisso v. Inland Waterways Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Guzman v. PichiriloSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Alcoa Steamship Company, Inc. v. Antero Perez Rodriguez, LibelantCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1967
- Francisco Torres Ramos v. Beauregard, Inc., Francisco Torres Ramos v. S. S. DetroitCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1970
- Carl v. Daniels, Jr., and James E. Speeney v. Florida Power & Light CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
- Rodriguez v. Coastal Ship CorporationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1962
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