Legal Opinion
Nickolaus MacH v. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, a Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided May 15, 1963No. 14171_1PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HASTIE, Circuit Judge.
Suing under the Jones Act, 46 U.S. C. § 688, Nickolaus Mach has recovered' a $48,000 judgment from his employer, Pennsylvania Railroad, for personal injuries incurred during the course of his employment. The principal question on this appeal is whether the defendant’s motions for directed verdict or a new trial, which the court overruled, should have been granted on the ground that the evidence submitted to the jury, under a charge of which no complaint is made here, did not justify findings that plaintiff was employed as a “seaman” at the time of his injury and that the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Senko v. LaCrosse Dredging Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Butler v. WhitemanSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Gianfala v. Texas Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Karl Weiss, Jr. v. Central Railroad Company of New JerseyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1956
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3Cited by26 opinions
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- In Re Read's PetitionDistrict Court, S.D. Florida · 1963
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