Legal Opinion
Andersen v. Olympian Dredging Co.
District Court, N.D. California
Decided November 27, 1944No. 23655PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ST. SURE, District Judge.
Plaintiff sues under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, for damages for injuries received in the course of his employment aboard a barge. The question for decision is as to the jurisdiction of the court and is submitted upon a stipulation of facts.
The barge upon which plaintiff was employed was used strictly as an elbow barge, merely a platform to support the engine and winch which hold in place the pontoon line of pipe used in suction dredging operations. Plaintiff was listed as a mate, and his duties involved rigging the equipment on the barge, watching the pipe…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- South Chicago Coal & Dock Co. v. BassettSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Norton v. Warner Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Moore Dry Dock Co. v. PillsburyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1938
- Henderson v. JonesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1940
- Beddoo v. Smoot Sand & Gravel Corp.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1942
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