Legal Opinion
Michael Saporito v. Holland-America Lines
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided November 23, 1960No. 13244PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FORMAN, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal involving a personal injury negligence action in which jurisdiction was based on diversity of citizenship. Since the accident occurred in New Jersey, the law of that state is-applicable.
Michael Saporito, the plaintiff-appellant, was employed by the International' Terminal Operating Company about June-1951 to perform maintenance work on its-battery operated flat trucks. These-trucks were used in stevedoring work for which Holland-America Lines, defendant-appellee, had engaged Saporito’s employer. Saporito worked in a room known-as the “electrical shop”…
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