Legal Opinion
Candiano v. Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 15, 1966PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FEINBERG, District Judge.
This is an admiralty action for personal injuries by plaintiff Carmelo Candiano against Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc. (“Shipowner”), owner of the ship on which Candiano was working when injured. Shipowner impleaded John W. McGrath Corporation (“Stevedore”), employer of Candiano and stevedore for Shipowner. 1
Plaintiff was hit by a falling hatch beam weighing about a ton while working in the lower hold of the “S. S. Mormachawk” shortly after midnight, on the morning of February 18,1961. The ship was at its berth at the 23rd Street Pier in Brooklyn. Shipowner denies…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Seas Shipping Co. v. SierackiSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Mitchell v. Trawler Racer, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Mahnich v. Southern Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Crumady v. the Joachim Hendrik FisserSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Alaska Steamship Co. v. PettersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
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3Cited by12 opinions
- United States Steel Corporation v. LampCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1970
- Mrs. Mae Frances Neal, Individually and the Minors, James Neal, Jr., Etc. v. Saga Shipping Co., S.A.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- United States Steel Corp. v. LampCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1970
- Carmelo Candiano v. Moore-Mccormack Lines, Inc. v. John W. McGrath Corp., Third PartyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1969
- Battista v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1995
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