Legal Opinion
Corrao v. M/V ACT III
District Court, S.D. Florida
Decided June 4, 1973No. Civ. 72-1850PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
ATKINS, District Judge.
This admiralty proceeding poses more than the normal issue of credibility which almost every trier of fact must resolve. The disparity in the dates on which the claimed injury is said to have occurred is so entwined with the dissimilar manner in which the trauma is described by the plaintiff on the respective dates that a resolution of that one issue presages a disposition of this action.
The complaint alleged that plaintiff was injured on March 7, 1970 while attempting to lift or remove a reduction gear on board the M/V Act III. The gear gave way, he…
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- Italia Societa Rer Azioni Di Navigazione v. Oregon Stevedoring Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
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