Legal Opinion
Albert C. Reeves Dolores Reeves, His Wife v. Mobile Dredging & Pumping Company, Inc., Albert C. Reeves and Dolores Reeves
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided July 15, 1994No. 93-5553PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
MANSMANN, Circuit Judge.
On July 20, 1990, Albert C. Reeves was in the process of cleaning with a hose the cutter head on the dredging ship, the Becky Beth. Reeves was thrown off the dredge onto a blacktop ramp four to six feet below, suffering serious personal injuries. At that time, the Becky Beth was assigned to a non-navigable lake entirely within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Reeves filed suit in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey against Mobile Dredging & Pumping Company, Inc., seeking relief under the Jones Act.1 Although Jones Act…
2Cases cited38 opinions
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- The Daniel BallSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
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- Offshore Co. v. RobisonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
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