Legal Opinion
Di Stefano v. Ropner & Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided August 16, 1944PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIFKIND, District Judge.
This is a motion under Rule 7 of the Admiralty Rules of this Court to compel the libellant to file security for costs.
The action is to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by a longshoreman against the owner of a vessel upon which he was working at the time. The libel purports to come within a “special rule for seamen to sue without security or prepayment of fees.”
The special rule is 28 U.S.C.A. § 837 and it prescribes the cases with respect to which a seaman is exempt from the necessity to file security or prepay fees. By its terms it is limited to actions…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Bainbridge v. Merchants & Miners Transportation Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Armit v. LovelandCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1940
3Cited by2 opinions
- Lowicki v. Skibs A. S. HersteinDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1960
- Borselli v. United States Lines Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1947