Legal Opinion
Tweedy v. Esso Standard Oil Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided December 6, 1960PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McGOHEY, District Judge..
The plaintiff sues under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, to recover damages for the alleged wrongful death and conscious, pain and suffering of her husband, Harold F. Tweedy.
The suit was tried to the court without a jury. The findings and conclusions appear in the opinion.
The deceased was 58 years old at his death. He was then employed as cook on the defendant’s twin screw diesel tanker Esso Potomac. He had been a cook on-similar vessels for several years. He was last seen alive just after supper, at 6:30, on the evening of April 16, 1957, while the vessel, fully…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Catherine Poignant, Libellant-Appellant v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1955
- John Alexander and Annie Alexander v. Nash-Kelvinator CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1958
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- Angela Orona, as Administratrix De Bonis Non of the Estate of Santiago Orona, Deceased v. Isbrandtsen Company, Inc., and United Mail Steamship CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
- Gardner v. National Bulk Carriers, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1963
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