Legal Opinion
Giaraffa v. Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided June 27, 1967No. 64 A 1224PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDELSTEIN, District Judge.
OPINION
This admiralty action arose out of a fall suffered by plaintiff, Frank Giaraffa, a ship cleaner, on June 13, 1963, aboard the SS MORMACBAY. Defendant, Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc., was the owner of the SS MORMACBAY. The third-party defendant, Atlantic Coast Industries Corporation was Giaraffa’s employer. The jurisdiction of this court was invoked under the general admiralty and maritime jurisdiction, 28 U.S.C. § 1333.
Frank Giaraffa, thirty years old, and employed as a ship cleaner by Atlantic Coast Industries Corporation, reported to work at the Moore-McCormack…
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