KAKAVAS v. FLOTA OCEANICA BRASILEIRA, S.A.

No. 678, Docket 85-7802.

789 F.2d 112 (1986)

Nick KAKAVAS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. FLOTA OCEANICA BRASILEIRA, S.A., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided April 23, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victor S. Cichanowicz, New York City (Cichanowicz, Callan, & Keane, New York City), for defendant-appellant.

Thomas Stickel, New York City (Lipsig, Sullivan, Liapakis, P.C., New York City), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before FEINBERG, Chief Judge, and FRIENDLY and WINTER, Circuit Judges.


FRIENDLY, Circuit Judge:

This appeal from a judgment entered on a jury verdict in the District Court for the Southern District of New York, Morris E. Lasker, Judge, requires us to apply the principles enunciated by the Supreme Court in Scindia Steam Navigation Co. v. De Los Santos, 451 U.S. 156, 101 S.Ct. 1614, 68 L.Ed.2d 1 (1981), to the question of the extent of a shipowner's duty to anticipate and warn of or take steps...

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