Legal Opinion
Wong Bar v. Suburban Petroleum Transport, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 19, 1941No. 220PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWAN, Circuit Judge.
The appellant, a Chinaman who was employed as cook on the defendant’s tugboat, sustained personal injuries while attempting to leave the vessel on the afternoon of May 19, 1940. His action under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, is predicated on the theory that his injuries resulted from the negligence of a fellow servant. The tugboat was lying at the dock in a Staten Island shipyard for engine repairs. Pursuant to prior instructions, the appellant reported for work on May 19th and after going on board was told by the engineer in charge of the tugboat in the captain’s…
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