Legal Opinion
La Capria v. Compagnie Maritime Belge
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 5, 1968No. 63 Civ. 2874PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
EDELSTEIN, District Judge.
This action arose out of an accident suffered by plaintiff’s intestate, Santo La Capria, a longshoreman, on March 1, 1961, in the number two lower hold of the S.S. STEENSTRAETE. Defendant Compagnie Maritime Beige was the owner of the S.S. STEENSTRAETE. Defendant William Spencer & Son Corporation was the chenango or freight forwarder working a lighter which was moored at the same pier as the S.S. STEENSTRAETE. Third party defendant Transoceanic Stevedoring Corporation was the stevedore servicing the S.S. STEENSTRAETE and was also Santo La Capria’s employer.…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Weyerhaeuser Steamship Co. v. Nacirema Operating Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. BehymerSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- The Tungus v. SkovgaardSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- United New York & New Jersey Sandy Hook Pilots Ass'n v. HaleckiSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Slaughter v. RondeDistrict Court, S.D. Georgia · 1974
- Williams v. Shipping Corporation of India, Ltd.District Court, S.D. Georgia · 1973
- Tarabocchia v. Zim Israel Navigation Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1969
- La Capria v. Compagnie Maritime BelgeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1970
- Giacomo La Capria, as Administrator of the Estate of Santo La Capria, Deceased v. Compagnie Maritime Belge, and William Spencer & Son Corp., William Spencer & Son Corporation, Third-Party v. Transoceanic Stevedoring Corp., Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1970
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