PETITION OF MOORE-McCORMACK LINES, INC.


164 F.Supp. 198 (1958)

Petition of MOORE-McCORMACK LINES, INC., as owner of THE Steamship MORMACKITE, for exoneration from or limitation of liability. MOORE-McCORMACK LINES, INC., Cross-Libellant, v. Claire S. McMAHON, as executrix under the last will and testament of Patrick McMahon, deceased, Respondent. MOORE-McCORMACK LINES, INC., Cross-Libellant, v. Luisa V. WALL, as administratrix of the goods, etc., of Edward T. Wall, deceased, Respondent. MOORE-McCORMACK LINES, INC., Cross-Libellant, v. Jean O. RICHARDSON, as executrix under the last will and testament of Harold R. Richardson, deceased, Respondent.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

June 30, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burlingham, Hupper & Kennedy, New York City, for petitioner and cross-libellant. Eugene Underwood, Robert A. Feltner, Richard C. Hatch, New York City, of counsel.

Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, New York City, for claimants Armco Steel Corp., and Wessel, Duval & Co. Henry N. Longley, John J. Martin, New York City, of counsel.

Bernard Rolnick, Robert H. Kilroe, Milton H. Spiero, New York City, for claimants Charles L. Williams, Tadeo Del Valle, Miguel Hernandez, Charles Henry, Shed Sullivan, Jr., Pedro De Jesus, Remy Rosario and Maria De Oliviera Lavor.

William L. Standard, New York City, for claimant Ana Pagan. Herman Rosenfeld, New York City, of counsel.

Lee Pressman, New York City, for claimants Lillie Robinson, Mary G. Banks and Mae Berk. Herman Rosenfeld, New York City, of counsel.

Shafter & Shafter, New York City, for claimants Estelle Waithe and Luz Pena. Alfred M. Shafter, New York City, of counsel.

George Mutterperl, New York City, for claimant Genovena Rodriquez.

Diamond & Elkind, New York City, for claimant Cassie Braithwaite. Alfred M. Shafter, New York City, of counsel.

Cooper, Ostrin & De Varco, New York City, for claimants John A. Davis, Thomas Leamy, Manuel Roman, Helen Clark, Emilia Branca, Fred Tatter and Sarah Jiminez. Herbert J. De Varco, Richard Gyory, New York City, of counsel.

George Engelman, New York City, for claimant Teresa Morin. O. Raymond Basile, New York City, of counsel.

William Kapelman, New York City, for claimant Bernard Knieger.

Joseph Friedberg, Robert Kilroe, New York City, for claimants Milagros R. Acosta, Mercedes Cadiz, Delores Velez, Eulogia Cadiz, Ralph Pagen and Marianna Acosta.

Sol C. Berenholtz, Baltimore, Md., for claimants Sarah L. Frost, Nanine W. Gibbs, Catherine J. Gibbs and Mary Lord. Cooper, Ostrin & De Varco, New York City, of counsel.

Irving G. Gordon, New York City, for claimant Lillian Lewis.

Herbert J. Kaplow, New York City, for claimant Daniel Watts.

Boudin, Cohn & Glickstein, New York City, for claimant Eldredge T. Lemell.

Zock & Petrie, New York City, for claimant National Cinema Service.

Nathan Greenberg, New York City, for claimants Margaret Svendsen and William Grealish. Herbert J. De Varco, New York City, of counsel.

Hill, Betts & Nash, New York City, for claimants Lucy C. Mayes, Caroline Barclay, George Hinton, Josephine Overton and Nathan H. Dickerson.

Paul C. Matthews, New York City, for respondent Claire S. McMahon. Edwin M. Bourke, John J. Robinson, New York City, of counsel.

Trapp & Hohmann, Huntington, N. Y., for respondents Jean O. Richardson and Luisa Virginia Wall, by Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, Henry N. Longley, John J. Martin, New York City, of counsel.


McGOHEY, District Judge.

Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc. petitioned for exoneration from or limitation of liability for the sinking and total loss of its vessel S.S. Mormackite and her cargo off Cape Hatteras at about 9:45 in the morning on October 7, 1954. Thirty-seven of her personnel, including all her officers, perished. Eleven survived.

Claims were filed by the cargo owners, the survivors and the personal representatives...

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