MURPHY v. INTERNATIONAL FREIGHTING CORPORATION

Civ. A. No. 57-533-F.

182 F.Supp. 636 (1960)

Martin J. MURPHY v. INTERNATIONAL FREIGHTING CORPORATION, Inc. and A/S Sobral. INTERNATIONAL FREIGHTING CORPORATION, Inc. v. JARKA CORPORATION OF NEW ENGLAND. A/S SOBRAL v. JARKA CORPORATION OF NEW ENGLAND and the CUNARD STEAM-SHIP COMPANY, Ltd.

United States District Court D. Massachusetts.

April 4, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nathan Greenberg, Robert P. Malone, Francis H. Farrell, Boston, Mass., for plaintiff.

Arthur J. Santry, Putnam, Bell, Dutch & Santry, Richard D. Sears, III, Boston, Mass., for defendant, International Freighting.

Leo F. Glynn, Boston, Mass., for A/S Sobral.

Merritt J. Aldrich, Bingham, Dana & Gould, Sumner H. Babcock, Robert J. Hallissey, Boston, Mass., for Jarka Corp. of New England.


FORD, District Judge.

Defendant A/S Sobral moves for summary judgment on the ground that this action, not having been timely brought, is barred by the statute of limitations or by the doctrine of laches.

This action is one to recover damages for personal injuries suffered by plaintiff while working as a longshoreman on the vessel Bow Canada, owned by defendant Sobral. Plaintiff alleges negligence and failure to provide a seaworthy vessel. Plaintiff is a citizen...

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