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SABOL v. MERRITT CHAPMAN & SCOTT CORPORATION

No. 213, Docket 24048.

241 F.2d 765 (1957)

Michael SABOL, Libellant-Appellant, v. MERRITT CHAPMAN & SCOTT CORPORATION, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided March 8, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul C. Matthews, New York City (Paul C. Matthews, Jr., and John J. Robinson, New York City, on the brief), for libellant-appellant.

Galli & Locker, New York City (Ralph H. Terhune and Patrick E. Gibbons, New York City, of counsel), for respondent-appellee.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, MEDINA, Circuit Judge, and SMITH, District Judge.

MEDINA, Circuit Judge.

On June 7, 1954, while appellant Michael Sabol was engaged in unloading a cargo of beach grass from a scow tied up at an island off Broad Channel in Jamaica Bay, New York, he stepped into a hole in the deck and fell, thereby sustaining personal injuries. This action was brought in admiralty to recover damages from the owner of the scow, appellee Merritt-Chapman and Scott Corp. As a complete defense...

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