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Clinton LAFFOON, Plaintiff v. WATERMAN STEAMSHIP CORP., a corporation, Defendant

United States District Court for the Southern District of New York1950-11-27
111 F. Supp. 960

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NOONAN, District Judge.

Motion granted as to the first cause of action. Seaworthiness is peculiarly and exclusively the obligation of the owner of the vessel. Seas Shipping Co. v. Sieracki, 328 U.S. 85, 100, 66 S.Ct. 872, 90 L.Ed. 1099. Motion denied as to the second cause of action. Cf. Weade v. Dichmann, Wright & Pugh, Inc., 337 U.S. 801, 808, 809, 69 S.Ct. 1326, 93 L.Ed. 1704; Greer v. Cosmopolitan Shipping Co., 1949 A.M.C. 1825.