Legal Opinion

Hector Lopez Sagastume v. Lampsis Navigation Ltd., as Owner of the Drosia

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided July 3, 1978No. 983, Docket 77-7589PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ROBERT P. ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from an order denying appellants’ motion to file claims and answers nunc pro tunc in connection with appellee’s Petition for Exoneration From or Limitation of Liability. Appellants are Honduran seamen, who were crew members of the vessel “Drosia” which sank off Cape Hatteras on December 11, 1975. They claim to have sustained personal injuries as a result of the accident and seek recovéry from appellee, Lampsis Navigation, Ltd., owner of the vessel.

The relevant facts can be briefly stated. After their rescue at sea by ships in the area,…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Garrett v. Moore-Mccormack Co., Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
  2. Hume v. Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1941
  3. Texas Gulf Sulphur Company v. Blue Stack Towing CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
  4. Arthur A. Kelcey v. Tankers Company Incorporated, Defendant-Appellee-Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1954
  5. West Virginia Power Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1941

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3Cited by21 opinions

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  5. American Commercial Lines, Inc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1984

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