PINTO v. FERNWOOD

Nos. 74-1155 and 74-1156.

507 F.2d 1327 (1974)

John M. PINTO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The M/S FERNWOOD, etc., Defendant-Appellee. John M. PINTO, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The M/S FERNWOOD, etc., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided November 21, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laurence J. Hoch, Boston, Mass., with whom Kisloff, Hoch, Shuman & Flanagan, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for John M. Pinto.

Richard A. Dempsey, Boston, Mass., with whom Leo F. Glynn and Glynn & Dempsey, Boston, Mass., were on brief for The M/S Fernwood, etc.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, Mc-ENTEE, Circuit Judge, CLARY, District Judge.


CLARY, Senior District Judge.

This appeal has been taken from a decision of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts sitting in admiralty. The complaint was based on a collision which occurred between the Liberty II, a trawler owned by John Pinto, and the M/S Fernwood, an ocean-going freighter of Norwegian registry. The case was tried before the Honorable Frank H. Freedman who filed an opinion setting forth findings of fact...

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