Legal Opinion
Berendson v. Volo
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided October 22, 1956PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
RYAN, District Judge.
Libelant, an Estonian citizen, living between voyages in New York at a seaman’s club, signed on in Houston aboard a Swedish vessel. He alleges he sustained injuries aboard while outside the territorial waters of the United States, and seeks to recover under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, and the General Maritime Law of the United States. Respondent has appeared and concedes the jurisdiction of this Court but asks it to decline retention of jurisdiction and to relegate libelant to his remedy under Swedish law.
It is clear that the law of the flag of the ship — that is…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Lauritzen v. LarsenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- The Fletero v. AriasCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1953
- Bronislaw Koziol, Libellant-Appellant v. The Fylgia and Stockholms Rederi A. B. Svea, of Stockholm, SwedenCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1956
3Cited by1 opinion
- Erich W. Berendson, Libelant-Appellant v. Rederiaktiebolaget VoloCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1958