Reilly v. B No. 100 Corp.

MEMORANDUM and ORDER

PLATT, District Judge.

This is an action brought by the plaintiff seaman for injuries to his wrist. Plaintiff alleges two claims against the defendants, one in negligence and the other for unseaworthiness. Two of the defendants, Towboat Betty Moran Corporation and Moran Towing & Transportation Co., move pursuant to F.R.C.P. Rule 12(b)(6) to dismiss plaintiff’s unseaworthiness claim as to them or, in the alternative, to grant partial summary judgment as to that claim under Rule 56(b).

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The plaintiff was a seaman employed by the B No. 100 Corp. On January 23, 1975, plaintiff…