Legal Opinion
Caruso v. Italian Line
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided February 24, 1960PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HERLANDS, District Judge.
This is an action for personal injury suffered by plaintiff on the high seas while a passenger aboard defendant’s liner S.S. Cristoforo Columbo, en route from Naples, Italy, to New York. The suit is brought in this court pursuant to its diversity jurisdiction.
Plaintiff, a citizen of New Jersey, obtained her passage ticket in Palermo, Italy, in exchange for a return ticket which she had purchased in New York.
The court has before it a motion of defendant for summary judgment on the ground that the action is time-barred because it was not begun within the one-year…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Liverpool & Great Western Steam Co. v. Phenix InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- Elias Siegelman, Individually, and as Administrator of the Estate of Eva Siegelman, Deceased v. Cunard White Star LimitedCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1955
- Jansson v. Swedish American LineCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1950
- Mulvihill v. Furness, Withy & Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1955
- Fricke v. Isbrandtsen CompanyDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1957
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Gregory Milanovich, Et Ux. v. Costa Crociere, S.P.A.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1992
- McQuillan v. " ITALIA" SOCIETA PER AZIONE DI NAVIGAZIONEDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1974
- Pisacane v. Italia Societa Per Azioni Di NavigazioneDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1963
- Traub v. Holland-America LineDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1967