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ORLANDO v. PRUDENTIAL STEAMSHIP CORPORATION

214 F.Supp. 116 (1962)

John ORLANDO, Libelant, v. PRUDENTIAL STEAMSHIP CORPORATION, Respondent, v. AMERICAN STEVEDORES, INC., Respondent-Impleaded.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

March 15, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Solomon J. Cohen, New York City, for libelant; Jacob Rassner, New York City, of counsel.

Stapleton, Flynn & Lilly, New York City, for respondent; John J. Purcell and Robert G. Farrell, New York City, of counsel.

George J. Conway, New York City, for respondent-impleaded; Michael J. Kenny, New York City, of counsel.

PALMIERI, District Judge.

Libelant, a marine carpenter, has sued in admiralty to recover damages for personal injuries sustained when he slipped on grain on the deck of respondent's vessel. He had just stepped off the gangway and was approaching a fuse box to obtain electric current for his mechanical saw when the accident occurred. A decree is allowed against the respondent shipowner, based upon a finding that the presence of grain on the deck created an unseaworthy...

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