Legal Opinion
Casey v. Seas Shipping Co., Inc
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 12, 1949No. 63, Docket 21429PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHASE, Circuit Judge.
The appellee, a fireman employed on the S. S. Algic, was injured while attempting to board the ship when it was moored at an open dock at Durban, South Africa. He sued the appellant, the owner and operator of the vessel, to recover damages pursuant to the provisions of the Jones Act, 46 U.S. C.A. § 688. After one jury had disagreed, he obtained a verdict on a retrial of the action and the vessel owner has appealed from the judgment entered on that verdict.
The grounds relied on for reversal are (1) the refusal to direct a verdict for insufficiency of the evidence; (2)…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- United States v. River Rouge Improvement Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Gardner v. Michigan Central RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. HarveySupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Osipoff v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1941
- Nelson v. American-West African Line, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1936
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Marx & Co. v. Diners' Club, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
- Gafford v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1968
- Lillian Weiss v. Chrysler Motors Corporation and Chrysler CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
- Lucy Mae Nolan, Administratrix of the Estate of Russell Nolan, Deceased v. R. W. Greene, Jr., Sand and Gravel Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1967
- Naylor v. Isthmian S. S. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1951
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