Legal Opinion
Joseph Stankiewicz v. United Fruit Steamship Corporation, a Corporation, and United Fruit Company, a Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 30, 1956No. 23477_1PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LUMBARD, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff, a seaman on defendant’s vessel, the Hibueras, brought this action on the law side of the District Court joining counts for negligence under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, unseaworthiness, and maintenance and cure. He alleged that one Bozarth, a fellow seaman, struck him with a jacket, the zipper of which hit and injured his eye. The plaintiff also alleged diversity of citizenship. The case was tried before Judge Bondy and a jury which disagreed. Judge Bondy had reserved decision on defendant’s motion for a directed verdict. He granted it as to the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Boudoin v. Lykes Bros. Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Jones v. Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., IncCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1953
- Koehler v. Presque-Isle Transp. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1944
- Field v. Waterman SS CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1939
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3Cited by31 opinions
- Gypsum Carrier, Inc. v. William D. HandelsmanCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1962
- Anna Mahramas v. American Export Isbrandtsen Lines, Inc., and House of Albert, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1973
- George Barnes v. Andover Company, L.P.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1990
- Hudspeth v. Atlantic & Gulf Stevedores, Inc.District Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1967
- Albert Reardon v. California Tanker CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1958
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