United States Second Circuit

Title 46 USC 183b(a), which permits a sea carrier to contractually limit the time period in which a suit for injuries may be filed by passengers, does not apply where the passenger's possession of the ticket is limited to two to three minutes as a result of the carrier's own practices.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/02/2001
• Decided 12/10/2001
• Published 12/10/2001

Judges

• JOHN M. WALKER, JR., Chief Judge., Before:  WALKER, Chief Judge, POOLER and KATZMANN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Brian W. McElhenny,Curtis, Vasile, Devine & McElhenny, Merrick, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Alfred J. Will, Badiak Will & Ruddy, LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee.