Legal Opinion
Murphy v. A/S SOBRAL
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided September 13, 1960PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
METZNER, District Judge.
Libelant is a longshoreman, resident in Maine, who was allegedly injured while working on respondent’s vessel while it was docked in Portland, Maine. The accident occurred on February 21, 1954. On May 27, 1957, he instituted an action against this respondent and another, in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, on the law side of the court, to recover damages for injuries suffered due to negligence and failure to provide a seaworthy vessel.
The applicable Massachusetts statute of limitations is two years, and the action was commenced three…
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