Legal Opinion
Strika v. Netherlands Ministry of Traffic, Directorate General of Shipping
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 29, 1950No. 59, Docket 21762PublishedCited by 83 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
L. HAND, Chief Judge.
This cause comes before us upon appeals by 'both Strika, the plaintiff, and the Netherlands Ministry of Traffic, the defendant, from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff, a foreman longshoreman, for 90 per cent of damages assessed in his favor, as an award for personal injuries. The plaintiff had commenced one action against the Holland American Line and another against the Rotterdam Lloyd Steamship Company, which eventually, by a series of changes in parties defendant and in the pleadings, were resolved into a single action against the present defendant. Both parties…
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