Legal Opinion
Rey v. Colonial Nav. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 6, 1941No. 50PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWAN, Circuit Judge.
This' is an action by a fireman employed on the defendant’s steamship Comet from March 21, 1937 to March 5, 1938. The vessel plied between New York and Providence, Rhode Island. The complaint alleges that by reason of the defendant’s negligent failure to provide suitable sleeping quarters for the crew the plaintiff contracted pulmonary tuberculosis which still impairs his health and his earning capacity. The first count is based on the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688; the second on the general maritime law relating to maintenance and cure. During the trial the complaint was…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Calmar Steamship Corp. v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Miller v. Union Pacific R. Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Beadle v. SpencerSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- The NorlandCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1939
- Stevens v. R. O'BRIEN & CO.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1933
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Isaac Myles v. Quinn Menhaden Fisheries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
- Tawada v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1947
- Muruaga v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1949
- Brahms v. Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1955
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