PIRES v. FROTA OCEANICA BRASILEIRA


161 A.D.2d 129 (1990)

S.M. Pires et al., Respondents, v. Frota Oceanica Brasileira, S.A., et al., Appellants, et al., Defendants. S.M. Pires et al., Respondents, v. Frota Oceanica Brasileira, S.A., Appellant, et al., Defendants

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

May 1, 1990


Plaintiffs allege that on December 11, 1975, several hours after the Brazilian cargo vessel M/V Frotaleste docked in the Port of Galveston, plaintiff S.M. Pires, a merchant seaman employed as a wiper on the ship, went ashore to buy work gloves which were not available on board and were necessary for him to avoid skin burns on his hands from solvents used in the course of his work. At about 8:15 P.M., while walking south on...

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