Legal Opinion
Moore v. American Scantic Line, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 22, 1941No. 290PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHASE, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff, in July 1936, purchased a round-trip ticket from New York to Helsinfors and sailed with his wife on the defendant’s S.S. “Minnequa.” During the eastbound voyage he was painfully injured while skipping rope with others on what was called the bridgedeck when his right foot struck an uneven spot on the deck where three plates overlapped and his Achilles tendon was broken. Trial by jury in the District Court for the Southern District of New York resulted in a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff and the defendant has appealed.
The “Minnequa” was a freighter…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Gunning v. CooleySupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- Pennsylvania Co. v. RoySupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Stokes v. SaltonstallSupreme Court of the United States · 1839
- Maibrunn v. Hamburg-American S. S. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1935
- The ThessalonikiCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1920
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3Cited by36 opinions
- Kermarec v. Compagnie Generale TransatlantiqueSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Evelyn Monteleone, Charles Monteleone v. Bahama Cruise Line, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1988
- Green v. Industrial Helicopters, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1992
- John Crews Rainey v. Paquet Cruises, Inc., Nouvelle Compagnie De Paquetvots, Cie.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1983
- Carlisle v. Ulysses Line Ltd., SADistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1985
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