1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.2d
  4. 405 F.2d
  5. 405 F.2d 962 (1969)
 

IN RE M/T ALVA CAPE

Nos. 30-31, Dockets 32256-32257.

405 F.2d 962 (1969)

In the Matter of the Petition of Alva Steamship Co., Ltd., owner of the M/T ALVA CAPE, for exoneration from or limitation of liability. ALVA STEAMSHIP CO., Ltd., Petitioner-Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The CITY OF NEW YORK, Third-Party Defendant-Appellee, and Walter A. Kidde & Co., Inc., et al., Third-Party Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided January 7, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Estabrook, New York City (Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens, J. Ward O'Neill, MacDonald Deming, Charles S. Haight, Jr., and Stephen S. Gerard, New York City, on the brief), for petitioner-third-party plaintiff-appellant.

Irving Genn, New York City (J. Lee Rankin, Corp. Counsel, and Stanley Buchsbaum, New York City, on the brief), for third-party defendant-appellee.

Before LUMBARD, Chief Judge, and SMITH and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.

LUMBARD, Chief Judge:

This appeal presents the question of whether the City of New York may be held liable in an admiralty suit for damages resulting from a shipboard explosion which occurred in the New York waters of New York Harbor during the execution by a salvor of a negligent order issued by the City's Fire Commissioner. The district court, applying state law in the absence of any conflicting admiralty rule, held that under Section 8 of the New York Court of...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases