Legal Opinion
Mroz v. Dravo Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided July 27, 1970No. 17692, 17693 and 17694PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
MARIS, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff, Edna Mroz, claiming to be a seaman employed by the defendant Dravo Corporation to work as a cook and maid aboard its towboats navigating the Ohio River and its tributaries, filed a civil action in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on July 6, 1965. The complaint asserted three separate causes of action based upon negligence under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, and upon unseaworthiness under the maritime law. The first count of the complaint alleged that in March or April 1962 the plaintiff…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Rogers v. Missouri Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Tennant v. Peoria & Pekin Union Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Glus v. Brooklyn Eastern District TerminalSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Cortes v. Baltimore Insular Line, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
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3Cited by61 opinions
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- Jardien v. Winston Network, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
- Michael J. Burke v. Gateway Clipper, IncCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1971
- Thomas D. Joyce v. Atlantic Richfield Company, a Pennsylvania CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1981
- Jose Rivera v. M/t FossarinaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1988
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