Legal Opinion
Jurgens v. Poling Transportation Corp.
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided September 19, 2000No. 96 CV 1265, 96 CV 1768PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
NICKERSON, District Judge.
Plaintiffs John F. Jurgens and Philip Becker, seamen employed on the ANTHONY J, a commercial vessel, brought these consolidated actions against the named defendants under the admiralty law as modified by the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.App. § 688, the general maritime law, 28 U.S.C. § 1333, and the common law of negligence, seeking recovery for injuries they sustained from a fire while transferring gasoline from a barge called THE CLARA P. into a fuel truck.
The only defendants now remaining before the court are Janet P. Mahland, Metro Fuel Oil Corp., and…
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