CACERES v. SAN JUAN BARGE CO.

Civ. Nos. 74-515 and 920-72.

387 F.Supp. 221 (1974)

Jose Manuel CACERES, Plaintiff, v. SAN JUAN BARGE CO., Defendant. Freddy SOLIS, Plaintiff, v. PUERTO RICO LIGHTERAGE and Knight Towing, Ltd., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Puerto Rico.

December 13, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry A. Ezratty, San Juan, P. R., for plaintiff.

Jimenez & Fuste, San Juan, P. R., for defendant.

Abraham E. Freedman, and Edward M. Katz, New York City, and Eddie Gaud Caraballo, San Juan, P. R., for plaintiff Freddy Solis.

Alberto Santiago Villalonga, Hartzell, Ydrach, Mellado, Santiago, Pérez & Novas, San Juan, P. R., for codefendant Puerto Rico Lighterage.

Alfonso Miranda Cárdenas, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, for codefendant Knight Towing Ltd.


OPINION

TURK, Chief Judge.

These cases are before the court on the defendant's motion for summary judgment. The question of law involved in each is identical and one of first impression; accordingly, they have been consolidated for the purpose of this ruling.

The plaintiffs were Puerto Rican seamen who were injured while at work on their respective vessels when afloat on navigable waters outside the territorial...

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