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LOPEZ v. A/S D/S SVENDBORG

No. 899, Docket 78-7046.

581 F.2d 319 (1978)

Esteban LOPEZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. A/S D/S SVENDBORG and D/S of 1912 A/S, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided July 24, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morris Cizner, New York City (Zimmerman & Zimmerman, New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant.

James M. Hazen, New York City (William P. Kain, Jr., Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens, New York City), for defendants-appellees.

Before OAKES, Circuit Judge, and MEHRTENS and BLUMENFELD, District Judges.

BLUMENFELD, District Judge:

This is another case which calls for the application of the 1972 Amendments to the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act ("LHWCA"), 33 U.S.C. §§ 901-950. The plaintiff is a longshoreman who was accidentally injured while at work discharging cargo in the bottom of a hold on the M/S TREIN MAERSK, a vessel owned by the defendants A/S D/S Svendborg and D/S of 1912 A/S. He brought an action in negligence against the shipowner...

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