Legal Opinion
Elsie B. Allen, George D. Allen v. Matson Navigation Company, a Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 5, 1958No. 15463_1PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POPE, Circuit Judge.
The appellants, who are husband and wife, and residents and citizens of Florida, brought this action against appellee Matson Navigation Company, a California corporation, to recover damages resulting from a fall which Mrs. Allen suffered while a passenger upon the Matson Steamship Lurline.
Mrs. Allen sought damages for personal injuries received by her in the fall, and Mr. Allen sought recovery for sums expended for the care and treatment, and for the loss of the society, services and consortium of his wife. Upon trial before a jury a verdict was returned in favor of each…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Pope & Talbot, Inc. v. HawnSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Chelentis v. Luckenbach Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1918
- Dyer v. MacDougallCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1952
- Pennsylvania Co. v. RoySupreme Court of the United States · 1880
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Romero v. International Terminal Operating Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Amedeo Girardi, Doing Business as Girardi Bearing Company v. The Gates Rubber Company Sales Division, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1963
- Safeway Stores v. Marvin Fannan, Marvin Fannan v. Safeway StoresCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1962
- Howard v. MissmanIdaho Supreme Court · 1959
- R. H. Colvin v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1973
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