Legal Opinion
Cox v. Dravo Corporation
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided March 22, 1974No. Civ. A. 68-380PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FINDINGS AND OPINION
WEBER, District Judge.
The plaintiff in this action filed a complaint for maintenance and cure and for consequential damages arising from defendant’s negligent failure to furnish him maintenance and cure. The action was filed by the plaintiff in his lifetime and upon his death his administratrix was substituted as plaintiff.
The plaintiff had previously filed an action at Civil Action No. 64-724 under the Jones Act and General Maritime Law for personal injury damage allegedly suffered by reason of the negligence of his employer and the unseaworthy condition of the vessel. In…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Vaughan v. AtkinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Salen v. United States Lines Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Calmar Steamship Corp. v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Fitzgerald v. United States Lines Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Farrell v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Veronica Cox, Administratrix of the Estate of William D. Cox, in No. 74-1609 v. Dravo Corporation, in No. 74-1576Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1975
- Rhodes v. ChapmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Veronica Cox, Administratrix of the Estate of William D. Cox, in No. 74-1609 v. Dravo Corporation, in No. 74-1576Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1975