JAPPINEN v. CANADA STEAMSHIP LINES, LIMITED

No. 19276.

417 F.2d 189 (1969)

Walter E. JAPPINEN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. CANADA STEAMSHIP LINES, LIMITED, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

October 10, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laurence J. Hoch, Cleveland, Ohio, for appellant; Howard W. Bernstein, Dworken & Bernstein, Cleveland, Ohio, on brief.

Lucian Y. Ray, Cleveland, Ohio, for appellee; McCreary, Ray & Robinson, Cleveland, Ohio, on brief.

Before PHILLIPS, EDWARDS and PECK, Circuit Judges.


EDWARDS, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from denial of appelant's motion to be allowed to file a late claim in admiralty. Canada Steamship Lines' ship, the RENVOYLE, crashed into and sank the American steamer SYLVANIA while the latter was moored to the dock at Port Huron, Michigan. Plaintiff-appellant, first mate on the SYLVANIA at the time of the collision, claims that he received permanently disabling injuries as a result of that accident.

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