Legal Opinion
Moran Towing & Transportation Co., Inc. v. The City of New York
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 28, 1980No. 968, Docket 79-7838PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMSEN, District Judge:
The City of New York, defendant below, appeals from the decision of the District Court for the Southern District of New York, Irving Ben Cooper, Judge, finding it solely liable for damages to a crane, mounted on a crane barge lashed to the port side of a tug owned and being operated by employees of plaintiff (Moran),- when the top of the crane struck a girder under the Broadway lift bridge over the Harlem River while being towed upstream at about 0300 on February 17, 1974.
A span of the bridge, which is owned by the City, must be raised and lowered from time to time by…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- The PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- United States v. Reliable Transfer Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1975
- The New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
- The Schooner Catharine v. DickinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1855
- Sun Oil Company v. SS GEORGELDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1965
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3Cited by7 opinions
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