Legal Opinion
Civil v. Waterman Steamship Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 12, 1954No. 92, Docket 23147PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, Chief Judge.
Respondent, Waterman Steamship Corporation, appeals from an award under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688, and the Death on the High Seas Act, 46 U.S.C. § 761, for the wrongful death of a seaman employed on one of respondent’s ships. Alphonse Syville, second cook on the S. S. Kyska, was fatally stabbed on December 10, 1946, by Alfred H. Williams, the chief cook, after an altercation concerning the caliber of Syville’s culinary abilities. Alphonse died soon thereafter and the present suit was commenced as a civil action under the Jones Act by Anne Syville, as his lawful widow,…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Jamison v. EncarnacionSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- New Orleans & Northeastern Railroad v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
- American R. Co. of PR v. BirchSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Middleton v. Luckenbach S. S. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1934
- Pate v. Standard Dredging Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1952
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Warnie Lee Ivy, Cross-Appellants v. Security Barge Lines, Inc., Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- United States v. John FreemanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1962
- Commonwealth v. STAINOSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1964
- Mrs. Lydia Sandoz Hassan, Administratrix of the Estate of Owen J. Sandoz, Deceased v. A. M. Landry & Son, Inc., and the Travelers Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
- Complaint of Cosmopolitan Shipping Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1978
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