Legal Opinion
Kontos v. Liberian S.S. Sophie C.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided June 13, 1960No. 269, 273 of 1959PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOODRICH, Circuit Judge.
These two cases are libels in admiralty brought by the libelants, Zarifis and Kontos, claiming damages for injuries due to negligence and unseaworthiness and maintenance and cure. The libelants move to amend their libels by adding counts for wages and penalties under 46 U.S.C.A. §§ 578, 596, 597 and 599; the respondents move to dismiss. The two cases present the same problems and may be disposed of in one opinion.
The set of facts, so far as we have them, is a law teacher’s delight for an examination problem. The libelants are Greeks. They have left the United States…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Romero v. International Terminal Operating Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Lauritzen v. LarsenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- The BelgenlandSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Anibal Conte, Libelant-Appellee-Appellant v. Flota Mercante Del Estado, Respondent-Appellant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1960
- Medich v. American Oil CompanyDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1959
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3Cited by18 opinions
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- McFarlin v. Alcoa Steamship CompanyDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1962
- San Pedro Compania Armadoras, S.A. v. George Nicholas Yannacopoulos, George Nicholas Yannacopoulos v. San Pedro Compania Armadoras, S.A.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Hatzoglou v. Asturias Shipping Company, SADistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1961
- Tsangarakis v. Panama Steamship CompanyDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1961
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