Legal Opinion
Lachappelle v. Interocean Management Corp.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided May 25, 1999PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CERCONE, President Judge Emeritus:
¶ 1 Appellant, Eugene T. LaChappelle, appeals the order of the Trial Court dismissing his claim for injuries allegedly sustained while serving as a seaman aboard the vessel S/S Gopher State during the time the ship was taking part in the United States government’s military action in the Persian Gulf in April of 1991. We affirm.
¶ 2 Appellant commenced the instant matter by filing a complaint in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County on April 7, 1994 against Interocean Management, Inc. (hereinafter IOM), Shipping Agent for the government of the United…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Cosmopolitan Shipping Co. v. McAllisterSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Watts v. PinckneyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- Patterson's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1941
- Simpson's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1916
- Petition of the United States of America and Mathiasen's Tanker Industries, Inc., for Exoneration From or Limitation of Liability as Owners of the U.S.N.S. Mission San Francisco, United States of America, in No. 15294. Mathiasen's Tanker Industries, Inc., in No. 15281Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1966
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