RAMOS v. CONTINENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY

No. 73-1042.

493 F.2d 329 (1974)

Francisco Torres RAMOS, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. CONTINENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 20, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gustavo A. Gelpi, San Juan, P. R., with whom Nachman, Feldstein & Gelpi, San Juan, P. R., was on brief, for plaintiff, appellant.

Alberto Santiago-Villalonga, Rio Piedras, P. R., with whom Hartzell, Ydrach, Mellado, Santiago, Perez & Novas, Hato Rey, P. R., was on brief, for defendant, appellee.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, McENTEE and CAMPBELL, Circuit Judges.


LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is one more effort by plaintiff, a resident of Puerto Rico, to recover under federal maritime standards for injuries sustained in 1963 while working as a longshoreman aboard the S.S. DETROIT in San Juan harbor. Soon after the accident, he unsuccessfully sued Beauregard, the vessel's owner, and Sea-Land, its demise charterer. Ramos v. Beauregard, Inc., 423 F.2d...

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