PULEO v. H. E. MOSS & CO.

No. 149, Docket 20436.

159 F.2d 842 (1947)

PULEO v. H. E. MOSS & CO. et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

February 20, 1947.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacob Rassner, and Bergner & Bergner, of New York City, for libellant.

Raymond Parmer, and Kirlin, Campbell, Hickox & Keating, of New York City, (Vernon Sims Jones, of New York City, of counsel), for H. E. Moss & Company.

Richard F. Lenahan and Macklin, Brown, Lenahan & Speer, all of New York City, for the Todd Shipyard Corporation.

Before L. HAND, SWAN, and CLARK, Circuit Judges.


L. HAND, Circuit Judge.

H. E. Moss & Company, owner of the tanker, "Lucellum," appeals from a decree in the admiralty which held it solely liable for the death of the libellant's intestate, Peter Puleo. Puleo's administratrix sued the Moss Company for negligence in not finding a safe place for Puleo to work; and the Moss Company impleaded the Todd Shipyard Company, as successor to the Robins Drydock and Repair Company of which Puleo had been an employee, on the...

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