Legal Opinion
Gaete v. Barber Steamship Lines, Inc.
New York Supreme Court
Decided June 6, 1968Published
1Opinion of the CourtBenjamin Brenner, J.
Plaintiff, a seaman, sustained injuries on the vessel Turandot in waters off Hong Kong. He allegedly was ordered into an area of danger between piston cylinders, where he was struck by one of the crossbars. The ship was owned by Wilh. Wilhelmsen, of Oslo, whose general agent in the United States was the defendant, Barber Steamship Lines, Inc. The parties stipulated to waive a jury and to permit me to resolve the issue of liability for negligence under the Jones Act '(U. S. Code, tit. 46, § 688) or for unseaworthiness on examinations, depositions and legal memoranda.
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- Brady v. Roosevelt Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Cullings v. GoetzNew York Court of Appeals · 1931
- Caldarola v. EckertSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Francisco Romero, Plaintiff-Appellee-Appellant v. Garcia & Diaz, Inc., Defendant-Appellant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1961
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