Legal Opinion
The Emmy
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 28, 1944PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEIBELL, District Judge.
Libellant, Peter Gambera, brought this action against the S. S. “Emmy” and her owner (Andrew Bergoty, also known as Andreas Vergottis) for personal injuries suffered by libellant when he fell through an unprotected open hatch, in the tween decks coal bunker section of the ship, on the morning of December 23, 1939. At the time of the accident he was employed as a fireman and he had been sent to wheelbarrow and shovel some coal from the tween decks bunker to a chute emptying into the fireroom. The tween decks section was dark with only a single light at one end and as…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Gambera v. BergotyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1942
- Masjulis v. United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1929
- Reskin v. Minnesota-Atlantic Transit Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1939
- The S. S. AndersonDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1941
3Cited by2 opinions
- Henry v. Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1955
- Wounick v. Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co.District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1962