Legal Opinion
Robert D. Cook v. American Steamship Company
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided May 5, 1995No. 93-1571PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RYAN, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff, Robert D. Cook, appeals from the judgment entered after a jury verdict in this action for negligence under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688, and for unseaworthiness. Cook brought suit after he was injured when a line that was supporting him in a bos’n’s chair parted and he fell to the dock. The jury awarded Cook compensatory damages, but reduced them by 50% for Cook’s comparative negligence.
Cook assigns error to three of the district court’s rulings: 1) the admission of expert opinion as to the cause of the line’s parting; 2) the denial of Cook’s motion for a…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Seas Shipping Co. v. SierackiSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Pope & Talbot, Inc. v. HawnSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Mitchell v. Trawler Racer, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Mahnich v. Southern Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
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