Legal Opinion
Claussen v. Mene Grande Oil Co., C. A.
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided June 5, 1958No. Civ. A. No. 1841PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAYTON, District Judge.
This suit was filed under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, on November 5, 1957, some ten years after the injuries complained of. The statute of limitations is interposed as a defense. In order to understand the contentions, the chronological history of the relevant occurrences is given in some detail. On September 18, 1947, the plaintiff fell from an allegedly defective gangplank while trying to board his ship in Mobile, Alabama, during the approach of a hurricane. On or about April 25, 1950, suit was instituted by him in the Southern District of New York for personal…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Engel v. DavenportSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- McAllister v. Magnolia Petroleum Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Marshall v. International Mercantile Marine Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1930
- Brown v. C. D. Mallory & Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1941
- Westfall Larson & Co. v. All-Man-Hubble Tug Boat Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1934
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Jens Claussen v. Mene Grande Oil Company, C.A., a Venezuela Corporation and Mene Grande Oil Company, a Delaware CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1960
- Pablo Marrero Morales, Libellant v. Bull Steamship CompanyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1960
- West v. Upper Mississippi Towing Corp.District Court, D. Minnesota · 1963
- John A. Wounick v. Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1960
- John A. Wounick v. Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company. No.13117Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1960
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