Legal Opinion
Stanley Barboza v. Texaco, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 6, 1970No. 7603_1PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON PETITION FOR REHEARING
ALDRICH, Chief Judge.
The sole question on this appeal by the defendant in a suit brought under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688, is whether the jury was warranted in finding negligence. In an unpublished memorandum, we dismissed the appeal as frivolous. Defendant has filed so vigorous a petition for rehearing that we depart from our usual practice and respond with a full opinion.
The evidence was brief. Plaintiff, employed by the defendant as a pantry man on the vessel Texaco Minnesota, slipped on zucchini squash while descending a stairway, and was injured. Squash was…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Rogers v. Missouri Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Urie v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Lavender v. KurnSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Gallick v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Sweeney v. ErvingSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Joyce A. Robinson v. Burlington Northern Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1997
- Broussard v. Missouri Pac. R. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1979
- Dixon v. Grace Lines, Inc.California Court of Appeal · 1972
- Wright v. Ocean Drilling & Exploration Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1984
- Kiesel v. American Trading and Production CorporationDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1972
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