Abbasciano v. Home Lines Agency, Inc.

SWEENEY, Chief Judge.

This action to recover for personal injuries was brought in the Superior Court of Suffolk County, Massachusetts, and removed to this Court. The defendant now moves for summary judgment pursuant to Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 28 U.S.C.A., on the grounds that the action is barred since the plaintiff failed to commence suit within the time stipulated on his ticket.

While the plaintiff was a passenger aboard the S. S. Homeland en route from New York to Naples, Italy, he was injured as a result of the alleged negligence of the defendant company, operators…