Legal Opinion
Giuseppe Capotorto v. Compania Sud Americana De Vapores, Chilean Line, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided September 3, 1976No. 1113, Docket 76-7123PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
J. JOSEPH SMITH, Circuit Judge:
Giuseppe Capotorto, a longshoreman, appeals the dismissal by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, John R. Bartels, Judge, of his action for a judgment declaring invalid his purported release of Compañía Sud Americana de Vapores, Chilean Line, Inc. (the defendant) from all claims arising out of an accident which injured him while working aboard defendant’s vessel. We affirm.
On October 9, 1972, while working as a longshoreman aboard defendant’s vessel, Capotorto injured his back. His employer, Pittston Stevedoring Corporation,…
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