Legal Opinion
Vasquez v. Intermaritime Carriers S.A.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided October 31, 1977No. 76 Civ. 5682-CSHPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
HAIGHT, District Judge:
Defendant Intermaritime Carriers, the vessel owner, has moved before this Court for a dismissal of plaintiff longshoreman’s personal injury claim as time-barred by New York State’s three-year statute of limitations, CPLR § 214(5). For the reasons discussed herein, the motion is denied.
Plaintiff, a New York resident, avers he was injured while employed as a longshoreman on the defendant’s vessel while she was docked in Newark, New Jersey on April 26, 1973. This suit was commenced on December 21,1976 under the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Czaplicki v. the Hoegh SilvercloudSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Antonio Napoli v. (Transpacific Carriers Corp. And Universal Cargo Carriers, Inc.) Hellenic Lines, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
- The Key CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1872
- Demetrios Larios v. Victory Carriers, Inc., and Alexander S. Onassis Corp., and Boyd, Weir & Sewell, Inc., and Cia, Salaminia De Naviera S.A.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
- Anthony Munoz v. Flota Merchante Grancolombiana, S.A.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
3Cited by3 opinions
- Ennis Bush v. Oceans International, Sumitomo Trust Bank Co., Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Bongiovanni v. N. v. Stoomvart-Maats "Oostzee"District Court, S.D. New York · 1978
- Guzman v. Farrell Lines, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1979