Legal Opinion
Rocco Ferrigno, Libelant-Appellee v. Ocean Transport Ltd., Respondent-Appellant-Appellee v. Pittston Stevedoring Corp., Respondent-Impleaded-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided October 29, 1962No. 27482_1PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, Circuit Judge.
Ferrigno, an employee of Pittston Stevedoring Corp., was engaged in discharging a cargo of lumber from the lower hold of Ocean Transport’s vessel, the S.S. Myriard III. While Ferrigno was descending to the hold, a rung on the ladder he was using came loose and he fell six or seven feet to the top of the cargo, thereby sustaining certain injuries. The court below found that the defects in the ladder were due solely to Ocean Transport’s negligence and that neither Ferrigno nor Pittston, impleaded by Ocean, were eontributorily negligent or had knowledge of the dangerous…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Crumady v. the Joachim Hendrik FisserSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- American Stevedores, Inc. v. PorelloSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Waterman Steamship Corp. v. Dugan & McNamara, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Sergio Degioia v. United States Lines Company, and Third-Party v. American Stevedores, Inc., and Imparato Stevedoring Corp., Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1962
- Porello v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1946
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Italia Societa Rer Azioni Di Navigazione v. Oregon Stevedoring Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Choate, Hall & Stewart v. SCA Services, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- D/S Ove Skou v. HebertCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- John H. Williams v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and Third-Party v. William Spencer & Son Corporation, Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
- Robert Bernard Smith, and Cross-Appellant v. United States of America, and Cross-Appellee v. Whitehall Terminal CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1964
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