PENEDO CIA NAVIERA S.A. v. MANIATIS

No. 7716.

262 F.2d 284 (1959)

PENEDO CIA NAVIERA S.A., claimant respondent, Appellant, v. Nicholas MANIATIS, libellant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided January 5, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Winston, Norfolk, Va. (Seawell, Johnston, McCoy & Winston, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for appellant.

Sidney H. Kelsey, Norfolk, Va. (L. David Lindauer and Babalas & Breit, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for appellee.

Before SOPER, Circuit Judge, and BARKSDALE and BRYAN, District Judges.


SOPER, Circuit Judge.

Nicholas Maniatis, a Greek citizen employed as a seaman by Penedo Cia Naviera S.A., on the Liberian Steamship Archipelago, filed a libel against the ship and the owner for injuries received in the course of his employment, which resulted in the loss of the tip of his right ring finger. He alleged that the injury was caused by the negligence of the officers and members of the crew of the vessel and the unseaworthiness of the vessel, and claimed...

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