Legal Opinion
Mercado v. United States
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided September 29, 1953Published
1Opinion of the Court
NOONAN, District Judge.
This is a motion brought pursuant to Rule 27 of the General Admiralty Rules, 28 U.S.C.A., by respondents-impleaded, A. L. Burbank & Co., Ltd., to sustain its exceptions and dismiss the impleading petition of the respondents-impleaded, McAllister Bros., Inc., and McAllister Lighterage Lines, Inc., on the ground that it does not state a cause of action against Burbank in that Burbank was not the owner and had no control over the vessel aboard which the libellant was allegedly injured.
The action itself is brought by the libellant for personal injuries allegedly sustained…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Cosmopolitan Shipping Co. v. McAllisterSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Caldarola v. EckertSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Caldarola v. Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1946
- Buro v. American Petroleum Transport Corp.District Court, E.D. New York · 1948
- McGowan v. J. H. Winchester & Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1948