Legal Opinion
John M, Pinto v. The M/s Fernwood, Etc., John M. Pinto v. The M/s Fernwood, Etc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 21, 1974No. 74-1155 and 74-1156PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARY, Senior District Judge.
This appeal has been taken from a decision of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts sitting in admiralty. The complaint was based on a collision which occurred between the Liberty II, a trawler owned by John Pinto, and the M/S Fernwood, an ocean-going freighter of Norwegian registry. The case was tried before the Honorable Frank H. Freedman who filed an opinion setting forth findings of fact and conclusions of law. We affirm.
The Liberty II is a sixty-foot wooden vessel built in 1948. On the morning of February 16, 1969, she was…
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