Legal Opinion
Grasso v. Lorentzen
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 21, 1944PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GODDARD, District Judge.
This is a suit in admiralty to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the libelant.
The libellant Grasso was a stevedore in the employ of the Northern Dock Company, contracting stevedores engaged in loading cargo on the S. S. Torvanger, which was docked at the New York State Pier at the foot of Columbia Street, South Brooklyn. On May IS, 1942, about ,10:45 in the forenoon, Grasso was working in No. 2 hold with several other stevedores shifting large crates containing tanks for the Army, which had been lowered into the hold from a lighter alongside the ship.…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Toomey v. Waterman SS CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1941
- Cornec v. Baltimore & OR Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1931
- Port of New York Stevedoring Corp. v. CastagnaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1922
- Long v. Silver Line, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1931
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Fontana v. Pennsylvania R. Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1952
- Panzella v. SkouDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1979
- Liberty Mutual Insurance v. Ameta & Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1977
- Rodriguez v. Compass Shipping Co. Ltd.District Court, S.D. New York · 1978
- Dunbar v. Retla Steamship Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1980
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