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NYGREN v. AMERICAN BOAT CARTAGE, INC.

No. 376, Docket 26354.

290 F.2d 547 (1961)

Ake NYGREN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AMERICAN BOAT CARTAGE, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided May 23, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles H. Lawson, New York City (Gay & Behrens and Edward J. Behrens, New York City, on the brief), for plaintiff-appellant.

Paul M. Jones, New York City (Cichanowicz & Callan and Victor S. Cichan owicz, New York City, on the brief), for defendant-appellee.

Before LUMBARD, Chief Judge, and HINCKS and MOORE, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

Plaintiff was engaged in making repairs on the S.S. Kalo, a vessel lying at anchor in New York harbor, and was to be returned to shore to get additional parts, as a passenger for hire aboard defendant's water taxi. He was injured when he jumped from the Kalo's accommodation ladder and landed on rope "flaked" but not coiled on the taxi's deck instead of the railing for which he aimed. Federal jurisdiction was based on diversity of citizenship, and the action...

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