Legal Opinion
Miles v. Melrose
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 11, 1989No. 88-3325PublishedCited by 122 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:
A mother seeks to recover for the death of her son, a steward’s assistant on the defendants’ vessel, who was stabbed to death by another crewmember. She contends she is entitled to damages for negligence under the Jones Act1 and for unseaworthiness under the general maritime law. The defendants seek indemnity from the union, whose hiring hall had referred the assailant to the vessel, for its failure to warn the shipowner of the assailant’s violent propensities. The district court dismissed the suit against the union for failure to state a claim. The jury found…
2Cases cited35 opinions
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- Torres v. Oakland Scavenger Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Moragne v. States Marine Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
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3Cited by122 opinions
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