Legal Opinion
Lykes Bros. S. S. Co. v. Grubaugh
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 5, 1942No. 10128PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.
Brought by the steward of Lykes Bros. Steamship “Hybert”, the suit was under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, for damages for injuries inflicted on him by the negligence of the chief engineer and an assistant engineer. The claim was that while the vessel was moored to the dock in Brooklyn, the plaintiff was unlawfully assaulted by the chief engineer and the first assistant engineer, acting in the scope of their authority as officers of the ship over plaintiff, that he sustained damages as the result thereof, and that he is entitled to recover his actual damages and…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Jamison v. EncarnacionSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- Davis v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Alpha Steamship Corp. v. CainSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- Nelson v. American-West African Line, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1936
- Medlin Milling Co. v. BoutwellTexas Supreme Court · 1911
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Martin v. BaldwinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1959
- Koehler v. Presque-Isle Transp. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1944
- Nowery v. SmithDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1946
- Joseph Walters v. Moore-Mccormack Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1962
- Kable v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1948
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