Legal Opinion
Toohill v. Cunard Steamship Co.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided February 24, 1955No. Civ. A. 54-704PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McCARTHY, District Judge.
The plaintiff seeks to recover for personal injuries allegedly sustained while a. passenger on the defendant’s vessel sailing from New York to Ireland, claimed to have been due to negligence on. the part of the defendant.
The cause came on to be heard on the defendant’s motion for summary judgment, “for the reason that as appears from the affidavits of Peter J. Mahon and George N. Mathews filed herewith the contract ticket issued to the plaintiff in connection with the voyage upon which she alleges that she received injuries, provides in Paragraph 10 thereof that no…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- The MajesticSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Jansson v. Swedish American LineCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1950
- Murrary v. . Cunard Steamship Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1923
- Baron v. Compagnie Generale TransatlantiqueCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1939
- The KungsholmCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1936
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Claire Denicola v. Cunard Line LimitedCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1981
- Mulvihill v. Furness, Withy & Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1955
- Vaci v. Swedish American LineDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1961
- Stapp v. Italian-American Lines, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1960