Legal Opinion
Scheibel v. Agwilines, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 21, 1946No. 247, Docket 20156PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWAN, Circuit Judge.
By this action the plaintiff sought damages for personal injuries sustained by him on May 16, 1939 while a passenger on the defendant’s steamship. Pie purchased a ticket in Florida for transportation from Miami to New York City. Shortly after going aboard and while the vessel was still in Florida waters, he had a fall by reason, as he claims, of the defendant’s negligence in failing to fasten a strip of carpeting laid on a polished floor adjacent to the Purser’s office. On May 13, 1941 the plaintiff brought this action in a New York court. Because of diversity of…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. HarrimanSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Coryell v. PhippsSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Carrier v. . CarrierNew York Court of Appeals · 1919
- Murrary v. . Cunard Steamship Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1923
- The ChickieCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1944
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3Cited by33 opinions
- Elias Siegelman, Individually, and as Administrator of the Estate of Eva Siegelman, Deceased v. Cunard White Star LimitedCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1955
- Jansson v. Swedish American LineCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1950
- McQuillan v. " ITALIA" SOCIETA PER AZIONE DI NAVIGAZIONEDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1974
- Max Geller and Anne Geller v. Holland-America LineCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1962
- Hoagland v. Railway Express AgencySupreme Court of Florida · 1954
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