Legal Opinion
Richard J. MacKensworth v. S.S. American Merchant
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 16, 1994No. 568, Docket 93-7616PublishedCited by 88 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:
Appellant, pro se, Richard J. Maekens-worth, was a seaman serving aboard the S.S. American Merchant, when, in June 1981 he suffered a back injury aboard the vessel. One day short of three years later he commenced a personal injury action under Admiralty Law against his employer and the S.S. American Merchant in the District of New Jersey. The institution of this now ten-year-old suit created a procedural morass, which at one time required Mackensworth to' litigate his claim in the Northern District of California. After the Northern District of California disposed of…
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