RICHTER v. MATHIASEN'S TANKER INDUSTRIES, INC.,

No. 86, Docket 26592.

297 F.2d 494 (1961)

George RICHTER, Libelant-Appellant, v. MATHIASEN'S TANKER INDUSTRIES, INC., and THE S.S. MICHAEL J, her engines, hull, tackle, cargo and her appurtenances thereof, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided December 26, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacob Rassner, New York City, for libelant-appellant.

Cichanowicz & Callan, New York City (Victor S. Cichanowicz, New York City, of counsel), for respondents-appellees.

Before LUMBARD, Chief Judge, MEDINA and WATERMAN, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Libelant appeals from a decree in admiralty adverse to him and claims that the trial judge, who tried the case without jury, erred in that he found the S. S. Michael J not to have been unseaworthy.

The court below found that the libelant, while checking an inventory of spare parts that were stored on shelves in a small storeroom located off the engineroom, stood on a metal shelf about one foot off the deck in order to reach an upper shelf with...

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