Petition of MOORE-McCORMACK LINES, INC., as owner of THE Steamship MORMACKITE, for exoneration from or limitation of liability.
Claims by and on behalf of: Harold H. Richardson, Edward T. Wall, Marvin Knieger, Richard B. Braithwaite, Lawrence Berk, Carmen Cadiz, Remy Rosario, Pedro De Jesus, Tadeo Del Valle, Shed Sullivan, Charles Henry, Miguel A. Hernandez, Charles Lee Williams.
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March 14, 1960.
March 14, 1960.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Burlingham, Hupper & Kennedy, New York City, for petitioner. Eugene Underwood, John J. Crowley, James W. Lynch, William M. Kimball, New York City, of counsel.
Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, New York City, for Richardson and Wall claimants. John J. Martin, John L. Quinlan, New York City, of counsel.
William Kapelman, New York City, for Knieger claimant.
Lee Pressman, New York City, for Berk claimants. Standard, Weisberg, Harolds & Malament, Louis Harolds, New York City, of counsel.
Shafter & Shafter, New York City, for Braithwaite claimants. Alfred M. Shafter, Jack Steinman, New York City, of counsel.
Joseph Friedberg, New York City, for Cadiz claimants. Bernard Rolnick, Robert H. Kilroe, New York City, of counsel.
Bernard Rolnick, Robert H. Kilroe, New York City, for claimants Rosario, De Jesus, Del Valle, Sullivan, Henry, Hernandez and Williams.
United States District Court S. D. New York.
McGOHEY, District Judge.
Thirteen claims filed in this proceeding are here considered. They seek damages for death and personal injuries for which the petitioner has been held liable without limitation.1 They were tried together pursuant to stipulation. Six are by representatives of deceased crew members. Seven are by survivors.2 The Court's findings and conclusions appear in the following opinion. Matters...
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