GAETE v. BARBER S.S. LINES


57 Misc.2d 167 (1968)

Manuel B. Gaete, Plaintiff v. Barber Steamship Lines, Inc., Defendant.

Supreme Court, Trial Term, Kings County.

June 6, 1968


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lebovici & Safir (Irving Payson Zinbarg of counsel), for plaintiff. Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens (David P. H. Watson of counsel), for defendant.


BENJAMIN BRENNER, J.

Plaintiff, a seaman, sustained injuries on the vessel Turandot in waters off Hong Kong. He allegedly was ordered into an area of danger between piston cylinders, where he was struck by one of the crossbars. The ship was owned by Wilh. Wilhelmsen, of Oslo, whose general agent in the United States was the defendant, Barber Steamship Lines, Inc. The parties stipulated to waive a jury...

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