Legal Opinion
Fleming v. American Export Isbrandtsen Lines, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 10, 1970No. 68 Civ. 1907PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LEVET, District Judge.
This is a seaman’s action, based on alleged negligence and unseaworthiness, to recover damages for injuries to plaintiff’s left hand.
Pursuant to Rule 42(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the issue of liability was tried to court and jury. In a special verdict, the jury held that defendant was negligent in respect to the condition of a certain table top or the lack of a guard on a circular saw in the carpenter’s shop on board the SS Constitution and that such negligence was a proximate cause, in whole or in part, of the accident sustained by plaintiff…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Central Vermont Railway Co. v. WhiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Carmelo Candiano v. Moore-Mccormack Lines, Inc. v. John W. McGrath Corp., Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
- S. A. Peters and Timber, Inc., of California v. Kal W. Lines, Trustee in Bankruptcy of the Estate of Snow Camp Logging Co., BankruptCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1960
- Floyd B. O'Neil v. W. R. Grace & Company and Maryland Casualty CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Elijah Dubose v. Matson Navigation Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1968
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Spearing v. Manhattan Oil Transportation CorporationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1974
- Jesse D. Fleming, and Cross-Appellee v. American Export Isbrandtsen Lines, Inc., and Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1971
- Curry v. United StatesDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1971
- Saleeby v. Kingsway Tankers, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1981
- Walden v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. California · 1998
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