Legal Opinion
McCrea v. Harris County Houston Ship Channel Navigation District
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 17, 1970No. 27499PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEWIN, Circuit Judge:
On August 18, 1964, Herbert R. Mc-Crea, an employee of Harris County Houston Ship Channel Navigation District (Navigation District), was killed when he fell into a concrete-lined pit, housing an hydraulic dumping mechanism used by the Navigation District in unloading grain from railroad cars. Mrs. Dorothy McCrea,1 his widow, filed suit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas seeking damages from the Navigation District under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act2 Alternatively, Mrs. McCrea sought to recover the maximum compensation benefits…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Southern Pacific Terminal Co. v. Interstate Commerce CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Wells Fargo & Co. v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
- Secretary of Agriculture v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Robinson v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Lone Star Steel Company v. Lois McGeeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation v. John B. CastleCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1986
- S. Felicione & Sons Fish Company, Inc. v. Citizens Casualty Company of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- Nichols v. Pabtex, Inc.District Court, E.D. Texas · 2001
- Sullivan v. Scoular Grain Co. of UtahCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1991
- Peter Bruce Mahfood v. Continental Grain Company and Abc Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
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