Legal Opinion
Yates v. Dann
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided October 20, 1958No. Civ. A. 1051PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAYTON, District Judge.
Defendants here seek a judgment n. o. v., or in the alternative a new trial, in a seaman’s action for personal injuries tried to a jury which awarded substantial damages. The injuries resulted when the plaintiff was attempting to slack off a tow line. As he reached the bitts, he lifted the line a half to a full turn and the line suddenly ran out, completely out of control, catching his right ankle in its coils and mangling it horribly against the bitts.
The case was first tried in 1949 and the jury returned a verdict for plaintiff. The trial Court then granted…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Hickman v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Alltmont v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1950
- Walker v. Lykes Bros. S.S. Co., IncCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1952
- Bochar v. J. B. Martin Motors, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1953
- Corden E. Yates v. Rodney H. Dann, Ruby M. Dann and R. H. Dann Towing and Lighterage CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1955
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Wilson v. SorgeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1959
- Steeves v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 1968
- Long v. LeeSuperior Court of Delaware · 1960
- Wilson v. SorgeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1959