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PETTUS v. GRACE LINE, INC.

No. 187, Docket 27209.

305 F.2d 151 (1962)

Joseph PETTUS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GRACE LINE, INC., Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SEALAND DOCK & TERMINAL CORP. and Federal Stevedoring Co., Inc., Third-Party Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided June 27, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph P. Feury, New York City (Thomas H. Healey and Monica & Feury, New York City, on the brief), for third-party defendants-appellants.

Robert Klonsky, Brooklyn, N. Y. (DiCostanzo, Klonsky & Sergi, Brooklyn, N. Y., on the brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Thomas Coyne, New York City (Kirlin, Campbell & Keating, New York City, on the brief), for defendant and third-party plaintiff-appellee.

Before LUMBARD, Chief Judge, and CLARK and FRIENDLY, Circuit Judges.

LUMBARD, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff, Joseph Pettus, a longshoreman, was struck by a draft of coffee bags on August 20, 1955, while unloading the S.S. Santa Olivia at the Java Street pier in Brooklyn, New York. As a result of this injury he brought an action against Grace Line, Inc., owners of the ship, alleging that his injuries were caused by the negligence of the shipowner, its agents and employees, and by the unseaworthy condition of the vessel. Jurisdiction was grounded...

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