GEORGES v. AM. EXP.


77 A.D.2d 26 (1980)

Assoumany Georges, Appellant-Respondent, v. American Export Lines, Inc., Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Respondent-Appellant. Manuel Galvao, Third-Party Defendant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

October 9, 1980


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore H. Friedman of counsel (Fred R. Profetta, Jr., with him on the brief; Schneider, Kleinick, Friedman, Miller & Weitz, attorneys), for appellant-respondent.

Stephen K. Carr of counsel (John A. Anduiza and William J. Troy, III, with him on the brief; Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens, attorneys), for defendant and third-party plaintiff-respondent-appellant.

ROSS, MARKEWICH, SILVERMAN and LYNCH, JJ., concur.


MURPHY, P. J.

Plaintiff Georges brought this action to recover damages for injuries sustained as a result of an allegedly unprovoked assault by his roommate, third-party defendant Galvao. Both Georges and Galvao were seamen on the S. S. Export Commerce, which was owned by defendant American Export Lines, Inc. They had been on the same "watch" and had roomed together from May, 1969 to January, 1973, when...

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