Legal Opinion
Bennett v. the Mormacteal
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided April 2, 1957No. 20479PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ABRUZZO, District Judge.
The libelant, a longshoreman employed by Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc., to do stevedoring work on the vessel Mormac-teal owned by his employer, has filed a libel in rem against the vessel and in personam against the shipowner, his employer, alleging that he was injured on May 29, 1953, when a hatch cover gave way beneath him because of the unseaworthiness of the vessel, its appliances and appurtenances. Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc., was doing its own steve-doring work.
Moore-McCormack has filed exceptions and exceptive allegations to the libel and now moves to sustain…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Seas Shipping Co. v. SierackiSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- South Chicago Coal & Dock Co. v. BassettSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- State Industrial Comm'n of NY v. Nordenholt Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Senko v. LaCrosse Dredging Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Felice Grillea v. United States and National Shipping AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1956
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Compagnie De Navigation Fraissinet & Cyprien Fabre, S.A. And S. S. Allobrogia v. Mondial United Corporation, Mondial United Corporation v. S. S. Exmoor, Her Engines, Etc., and Compagnie De Navigation Fraissinet& Cyprien Fabre, S.A.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
- Bernard Harney v. William M. Moore Building Corporation and Lopier Construction CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
- Compagnie De Navigation Fraissinet & Cyprien Fabre v. Mondial United Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
- Larsen v. THE M/V TEALDistrict Court, D. Alaska · 1961
- Flores v. PrannDistrict Court, D. Puerto Rico · 1959
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