Legal Opinion
Dow v. Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided January 22, 1948No. 9411PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BIGGS, Circuit Judge.
The suit at bar is one brought under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, by the administratrix of Paul Dow, a seaman employed by the defendant, Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation, for damages resulting from his death from menigococcic meningitis. The complaint alleges that the defendant failed to furnish Dow with proper medical treatment and that by reason of this failure he died. The trial court permitted the case to go to the jury which rendered a verdict in favor of the defendant. Judgment, was entered for the defendant and, after a motion for a new trial was denied,…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- New Orleans & Northeastern Railroad v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
- Gilliam v. Southern Ry. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1917
- Lytle v. Southern Ry. &8212 Carolina DivisionSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1933
- Fogarty v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1915
- Wood v. Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington Railroad Co.Superior Court of Delaware · 1910
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Cities Service Oil Company v. Mrs. Angela Richard LauneyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Harriet Dow, Administratrix of the Estate of Paul Dow, Deceased v. Carnegie-Illinois Steel CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1955
- Montellier v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1962
- Frabutt v. New York, Chicago & St. Louis R. CoDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1949
- Genevieve Derewecki, Administratrix of the Estate of Joseph W. Derewecki, Deceased v. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1965
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