Legal Opinion
Simpson v. Royal Rotterdam Lloyd
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 17, 1964PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FEINBERG, District Judge.
This is a non-jury diversity case involving what is rapidly becoming in this Court the eternal triangle — longshore man versus shipowner, and shipowner versus stevedoring company. For the reasons indicated below, I find for the longshoreman in the main action and for the shipowner in the action over.
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Plaintiff longshoreman was injured on September 19, 1957, aboard the S.S. Bantam owned by the defendant Royal Rotterdam Lloyd (“Shipowner”). The S.S. Bantam was discharging cargo at Pier One, Bush Terminal, Brooklyn. Plaintiff, employed as a hold man by the Associated…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Seas Shipping Co. v. SierackiSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Mitchell v. Trawler Racer, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Crumady v. the Joachim Hendrik FisserSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Weyerhaeuser Steamship Co. v. Nacirema Operating Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Martino Hroncich, Libellant-Appellant v. American President Lines, Ltd., and Seaboard Contracting Co., IncCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1964
- Grant v. Cia Anonima Venezolana de NavegacionDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1964
- Gravatt v. City of New YorkDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1999
- Jackson v. Lloyd Brasileirs Patrimonio NacionalDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1970
- Matson Terminals, Inc., a Corporation v. William E. Caldwell, and Sea-Land Service, Inc., Etc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1966
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