Legal Opinion
Connie Szymanski, Administratrix of the Estate of Stanley Szymanski v. Columbia Transportation Company, a Division of Oglebay-Norton Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 31, 1998No. 95-3205PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOGGS, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which MERRITT, KENNEDY, NELSON, RYAN, NORRIS, SUHRHEINRICH, SILER, BATCHELDER, and COLE, JJ., joined. MOORE, J. (pp. 597-601), delivered a separate dissenting opinion, in which MARTIN, C. J., and DAUGHTREY, J., joined.
OPINION
BOGGS, Circuit Judge.
This case fundamentally concerns the application of the Supreme Court’s consolidated decisions in Consolidated Rail Corp. v. Gottshall, 512 U.S. 532, 114 S.Ct. 2396, 129 L.Ed.2d 427 (1994), to a claim of a seaman’s physical injury (a heart attack) allegedly arising from job-related stress. We hold that…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Moragne v. States Marine Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Mitchell v. Trawler Racer, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Miles v. Apex Marine Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1990
- The HarrisburgSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Consolidated Rail Corporation v. GottshallSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
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3Cited by24 opinions
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- Hoddevik v. Arctic Alaska Fisheries Corp.Court of Appeals of Washington · 1999
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