GALBAN v. PENN SHIPPING CO.


12 A.D.2d 95 (1960)

Andres Galban, Appellant, v. Penn Shipping Co., Inc., et al., Respondents

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

December 20, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Silas B. Axtell of counsel (Harold J. Olliffe with him on the brief), for appellant.

Victor S. Cichanowicz of counsel (Cichanowicz & Callan, attorneys), for respondents.

BOTEIN, P. J., RABIN, VALENTE and McNALLY, JJ., concur.


EAGER, J.

This is an action by a seaman employed on the vessel Penn Explorer, an old American Liberty vessel, to recover damages for personal injuries sustained on the high seas on April 1, 1958, in the course of his duties as a member of the crew of such vessel. He sought recovery against the owners and operators of the vessel under general maritime law on the theory of negligence and on the theory that...

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