Legal Opinion
McQuillan v. " ITALIA" SOCIETA PER AZIONE DI NAVIGAZIONE
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided November 18, 1974No. 73 Civ. 2300PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
WERKER, District Judge.
This is but one more in a long line of “passage contract” cases reaching back at least as far as The Majestic, 166 U.S. 375, 17 S.Ct. 597, 41 L.Ed. 1039 (1897). Plaintiff and his wife were passengers on a Caribbean cruise on the defendant’s vessel, the S.S. Michelangelo. On February 7, 1973, four days after the start of the cruise, the plaintiff was injured when a deck chair on which he attempted to sit collapsed under him.
On April 5, 1974, the plaintiff, alleging negligence on the part of the defendant, filed suit in the Supreme Court of the State…
2Cases cited36 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- The Bremen v. Zapata Off-Shore Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Liverpool & Great Western Steam Co. v. Phenix InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- Auten v. AutenNew York Court of Appeals · 1954
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3Cited by38 opinions
- Nettie Effron v. Sun Line Cruises, Inc. And Sun Line Greece Special Shipping Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1995
- Kathryn J. Shankles v. Costa Armatori, S.P.A., Isolina Vazquez GastonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1983
- Marek, Harriet and Marek, Samuel Husband and Wife v. Marpan Two, Inc. And Bahama Cruise Line, IncCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1987
- Gregory Milanovich, Et Ux. v. Costa Crociere, S.P.A.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1992
- Claire Denicola v. Cunard Line LimitedCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1981
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