Legal Opinion
James Wactor, Darlene Wactor v. Spartan Transportation Corporation, Also Known as Spartan Transportation Company
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 23, 1994No. 93-1537PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.
James Wactor and Darlene Wactor appeal the judgment of the trial court 1 in this maritime action for neck and back injuries suffered by James Wactor in April 1988, while he served as deckhand on the M/V Phaeton, a towboat working the Mississippi River. We affirm.
I
The jury rendered a verdict for the Spartan Transportation Corporation (Spartan) in this case brought by James Wactor under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.CApp. § 688 (1988), and general maritime law, for personal injuries sustained aboard Spartan’s river towboat the M/V Phaeton. Before trial, the trial court dismissed…
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- DuPont v. Crummer Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958
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