Legal Opinion
Ida M. Smith, Administratrix v. Reinauer Oil Transport, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 24, 1958No. 5332_1PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAGRUDER, Chief Judge.
This is a distressing case, in which the administratrix of a drowned seaman is suing for wrongful death under the Jones Act. 46 U.S.C.A. § 688. Nobody knows what exactly happened to him except that his dead body was fished out of the water several months after his disappearance, and that the proven circumstances warrant the inference that he fell into the water accidentally and was accidentally drowned. But as the Supreme Court has frequently reminded us, the Congress has not provided a workmen’s compensation act for seamen; and so, when action is brought under the Jones…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Lavender v. KurnSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Tennant v. Peoria & Pekin Union Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Herron v. Southern Pacific Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Schulz v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- O'Hara v. Luckenbach Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Continental Ore Co. v. Union Carbide & Carbon Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Martin v. John W. Stone Oil Distributor, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
- Mrs. Clifford Raymond Schlichter v. Port Arthur Towing CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
- Gardner v. National Bulk Carriers, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1962
- Helen Yaich Christopherson v. Kathalene Tibbels HumphreyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1966
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