Legal Opinion

Nicola Massa v. C. A. Venezuelan Navigacion, and Third-Party v.john W. McGrath Corporation, Third-Party

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided June 3, 1964No. 448, Docket 27945PublishedCited by 62 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

J. JOSEPH SMITH, Circuit Judge.

Massa, the plaintiff longshoreman, was injured when a pallet being used to load the ship spilled some of its cargo on him. After a jury failed to reach a verdict, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Mortimer W. Byers, J., dismissed the complaint against the shipowner, C. A. Venezuelan Navigacion, on the ground that the plaintiff had failed to prove a prima facie case. This court reversed and remanded for a new trial, for viewed in the light most favorable to the plaintiff, the evidence was sufficient to support a finding of…

2Cases cited11 opinions

Kerr Steamship Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
Antonio Paliaga v. Luckenbach Steamship Company, and Third-Party v. Turner & Blanchard, Inc., Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1962
Strachan Shipping Company v. Koninklyke Nederlandsche Stoomboot Maalschappy, N.V.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
Damanti v. A/S IngerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
Raul Pinto v. States Marine Corporation of DelawareCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1961

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3Cited by62 opinions

Ellerman Lines, Ltd. v. Atlantic & Gulf Stevedores, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1965
Demsey & Associates, Inc. v. S.S. Sea StarCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
Seguros "Illimani" S.A. v. M/V Popi PCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1991
American Export Lines, Owner Pro Hac Vice of the S.S. Exmouth v. Norfolk Shipbuilding & Drydock CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1964
Arista Cia. DeVapores, S. A. v. Howard TerminalCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1967

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