Legal Opinion
Roberts v. United Fisheries Vessels Co.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 20, 1944No. 3947PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PETERS, District Judge.
These actions were brought under Section 33 of the Merchant Marine Act of 1920, 41 Stat. 1007, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, usually referred to as the Jones Act, to recover damages for alleged negligence of the defendant causing the death of the plaintiffs’ intestates. A jury trial was had with verdicts for defendant. The plaintiffs appeal on account of the refusal of the presiding judge to instruct the jury in certain respects as requested. The deaths occurred under the following circumstances :
The plaintiffs’ intestates, Velmer Joseph Roberts and Samuel Cotreau, were seamen on…
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3Cited by22 opinions
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