Legal Opinion
Western Tankers Corporation v. United States
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 22, 1975No. 73 Civ. 5492-LFMPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MacMAHON, District Judge.
In the early morning hours of December 11, 1971, the SS WESTERN COMET (“the tanker”), on charter to the Military Sea Lift Command, Department of the Navy, was berthed alongside a NATO terminal at Sari Saki, Turkey, discharging fuel oil, when strong winds started blowing. Chief Mate George Perry, observing that a mooring line had parted, went to the forecastle to adjust the lines and sustained severe brain injuries 1 *when he was struck on the head by a parting line.
Perry brought an action against plaintiff Western Tankers Corporation, in the Superior Court of…
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- Sergio Degioia v. United States Lines Company, and Third-Party v. American Stevedores, Inc., and Imparato Stevedoring Corp., Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1962
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