Legal Opinion
Cioffi v. New Zealand Shipping Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided February 25, 1947PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIFKIND, District Judge.
The libellant, Cioffi, was employed as a carpenter by Howland Mutual Lumber Co., Inc. He sustained personal injuries while working on board a ship, owned by New Zealand Shipping Co., Inc., undergoing repairs in a drydock operated by Bethlehem Steel Co. He filed a libel, in personam, against New Zealand and Bethlehem. New Zealand, pursuant to Admiralty Rule 56, 28 U.S.C.A. following section 723, filed a petition impleading Howland and alleging that, if the injuries were the product of negligence, it was the negligence of Howland; and prayed that if liability for…
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