8 A.D.2d 947 | N.Y. App. Div. | 1959
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by a passenger on a ship, the appeals are (1) from a judgment dismissing the complaint at the close of appellant’s evidence as to respondent Arnold Bernstein Shipping Company, Inc., and at the close of the whole evidence as to respondent Compañía Naviera “Estrella de Plata", S. A. Panama, R. P., (2) from an order entered July 18, 1958 denying appellant’s motion to resettle the judgment so as to state that the dismissals were without prejudice, and (3) from an order entered September 2, 1958 denying appellant’s motion for a new trial and to vacate the dismissals on the ground of various claimed errors of the trial court. Judgment insofar as it is in favor of respondent Compañía Naviera against appellant reversed, action severed, and a new trial granted as between appellant and said respondent, with costs to abide the event. Judgment insofar as it is in favor of respondent Bernstein against appellant affirmed, without costs. Appeal from order of July 18, 1958 dismissed, without costs. Order of September 2, 1958 affirmed as to respondent Bernstein, without costs, and appeal from said order insofar as respondent Compañía Naviera is concerned dismissed, without costs, as academic. The ship, which was of Panamanian registry and flag, was owned by respondent Compañía Naviera and was on a cruise from Miami, Florida. The accident occurred on the high seas south of Florida, and appellant is a citizen of the United States. The contract of passage, which was entered into in Miami, contained provisions relating to claims for bodily injury to passengers and the following further provision: