HARNEY v. WILLIAM M. MOORE BUILDING CORPORATION

No. 208, Docket 29754.

359 F.2d 649 (1966)

Bernard HARNEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WILLIAM M. MOORE BUILDING CORPORATION and Lopier Construction Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided April 7, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald D. Olman, New York City, (Jacob Rassner, New York City, on the brief), for plaintiff-appellant.

Vincent A. Catoggio of Purdy, Lamb & Catoggio, New York City, for defendants-appellees.

Before MOORE, SMITH and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.


J. JOSEPH SMITH, Circuit Judge:

Bernard Harney appeals from a judgment dismissing his complaint and from the denial of his motion for a new trial, by jury. Harney brought this action under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688, alleging negligence, and for unseaworthiness under general maritime law.

Harney was employed by defendants, and his duties took him aboard an unnamed barge tied up on the north side of the Harlem River near a bridge then being constructed...

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