Legal Opinion
Hanson v. Reiss Steamship Company
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided April 8, 1960No. 1736PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RODNEY, Senior District Judge.
This is a libel in personam in admiralty seeking to recover damages for ñijuries sustained by the libellant, based on the unseaworthiness of the vessel and on negligence as well as for maintenance and cure. The facts are not complex and sufficient findings and conclusions will be found in this opinion. 1
On June 3, 1954 libellant, Robert Hanson, was employed as a temporary porter on the Steamer Reiss Brothers, a Great Lakes Freighter. One of his duties on board the vessel was daily to make the second and third mates’ bunks, an upper and lower, in the same cabin.…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- The OsceolaSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Calmar Steamship Corp. v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Farrell v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- District of Columbia v. WoodburySupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Kathleen Troupe v. Chicago, Duluth & Georgian Bay Transit CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1956
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3Cited by17 opinions
- United States Steel Corporation v. LampCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1970
- Bernard C. Taylor v. The Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1971
- Mainelli v. HaberstrohDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1964
- Sterner v. Wesley College, Inc.District Court, D. Delaware · 1990
- United States Steel Corp. v. LampCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1970
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