ALBERGO v. HELLENIC LINES, INC.

No. 1244, Docket 81-7006.

658 F.2d 66 (1981)

Orazio ALBERGO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HELLENIC LINES, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided August 21, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Edwin K. Reid, New York City (Robert Alexander Hulten, New York City, of counsel, Zock, Petrie, Reid & Curtin, New York City, Attys.), for defendant-appellee.

Before LUMBARD and OAKES, Circuit Judges, and POLLACK, District Judge.


POLLACK, District Judge:

Orazio Albergo, a longshoreman employed by Hellenic Lines, Inc., tripped over loose lashing rope scattered on the deck of a ship being off-loaded by stevedores and fell suffering injury. Pursuant to § 905(b) of the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C. §§ 901-950 (1976), Albergo brought this third-party negligence action against the vessel owner in the United States District Court for the Southern District...

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