Legal Opinion
Boat Dagny, Inc. v. John Todd
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 9, 1955No. 4923PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAGRUDER, Chief Judge.
John Todd, master of defendant’s fishing vessel, suffered injuries in the middle, of the night by a fall on a slippery, unlighted deck. He filed a complaint against defendant in three counts. The first count was based upon the Jones Act — § 33 of the Merchant Marine Act of 1920, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688. The third count charged that plaintiff’s injuries were due to breach of defendant’s warranty of seaworthiness under the general maritime law, in that defendant had failed to provide and maintain reasonably safe and proper appliances and a reasonably safe and proper place to…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Tiller v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Schlemmer v. Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Schlemmer v. Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Davis v. KennedySupreme Court of the United States · 1924
- Unadilla Valley Railway Co. v. CaldineSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Eric Wilson v. Maritime Overseas Corporation and Cambridge Tankers, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1998
- Hans Peymann v. Perini CorporationCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1974
- Mrs. Clifford Raymond Schlichter v. Port Arthur Towing CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
- Robert Reinhart v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1972
- Shenker v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
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