McCoy v. American Israeli Shipping Co.

Plaintiff, a longshoreman, brings this action for damages for personal injuries allegedly suffered on January 4, 1968, while plaintiff was working aboard the S. S. Yafo, then docked at Pier 32, North River, in the City of New York. This action was commenced about March 1, 1972. An earlier action commenced August 12, 1968, against Zim Israel Navigation Co., Ltd. (Zim Israel) as owner of the vessel, was removed to Federal court, and then later dismissed on November 12,1971, with prejudice, for failure to prosecute. In a pretrial memorandum filed by plaintiff prior to dismissal, plaintiff noted…