GUERRIDO v. ALCOA STEAMSHIP CO.

No. 5066.

234 F.2d 349 (1956)

Jose GUERRIDO, Libellant, Appellant, v. ALCOA STEAMSHIP CO., Inc., et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals First Circuit.

June 8, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerome Golenbock, New York City, with whom Donald S. Sherwood, Harvey B. Nachman and Golenbock & Komoroff, New York City, were on brief, for appellant.

Jose L. Novas, San Juan, P. R., with whom Charles R. Hartzell, Rafael O. Fernandez, P. Juvenal Rosa, Vicente M. Ydrach and Jaime Pieras, Jr., San Juan, P. R., were on brief, for Skibs A/S Carona, appellee.

Earle T. Fiddler, Jose G. Gonzalez, Tomas I. Nido, Carlos J. Faure and Richard J. Gonzalez, Fiddler, Gonzalez & Nido, San Juan, P. R., on brief, for Alcoa Steamship Co., Inc., appellee.

Before MAGRUDER, Chief Judge, and MARIS and WOODBURY, Circuit Judges.


MARIS, Circuit Judge.

The libellant, an American citizen residing in Puerto Rico, was injured on August 5, 1953, while working as a longshoreman aboard the M. V. Carona, a Norwegian vessel which was then discharging cargo at San Juan. The libellant was an employee of a stevedoring company with which the respondents had contracted to handle the cargo. He brought the present suit in admiralty in rem against the vessel and in personam against Skibs A/S Carona, her owners...

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