Legal Opinion
Robert R. Jordan, Jr. v. United States Lines, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 5, 1984No. 83-1859PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREYER, Circuit Judge.
Appellant, Robert Jordan, while working on defendant’s ship, unbolted and opened a metal plate on the side of a boiler pump. Steam and hot water escaped, scalding him. He sued, charging Jones Act negligence, 46 U.S.C. § 688, and general maritime law “unseaworthiness.” The jury found for the defendant on both counts.
Jordan claims here that he would not have been hurt if an automatic valve between the ship’s boiler and pump had closed, for then steam could not possibly have entered the pump. For purposes of this appeal he will concede that he did not follow proper…
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- Gordon H. Hubbard and Shirley M. Hubbard v. Faros Fisheries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1980
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