Legal Opinion
Gambera v. Bergoty
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 10, 1942No. 93PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
L. HAND, Circuit Judge.
The libellant appeals' from a decree in the admiralty dismissing his libel in rem and in personam, brought to recover damages suffered while he was employed as a seaman upon the respondent’s ship. The libellant is an Italian subject; the ship on which he was serving when he was hurt was registered in Greece and flew the Greek flag. The libel is based upon the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, and the only question on this appeal is whether the libellant comes within the protection of that act. He came to this country in 1904, aged sixteen, and was thirty-seven years old…
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- The PaulaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1937
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- Petition of BernheimerCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1942
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3Cited by29 opinions
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- Southern Cross Steamship Co., Inc. v. Georgios FiripisCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1960
- Kyriakos v. GoulandrisCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1945
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