Legal Opinion
Herrmann v. Nicor Marine, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided September 3, 1985No. Civ. A. 83-3622PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
MENTZ, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
Plaintiff brought suit under the Jones Act and the general maritime jurisdiction. Although the jury made him an award after finding that the vessel ACADIAN FREEDOM was unseaworthy in certain respects, they denied him recovery in accordance with the Jones Act.
The instructions given to the jury by the Court included the following:
“Unlike the Jones Act claim, with respect to which the plaintiff may recover if the alleged negligence is proved to be a slight cause of the injury sustained, in order to recover on a claim of unseaworthiness it…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Byrd v. Blue Ridge Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Montgomery Ward & Co. v. DuncanSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Nissho-Iwai Co., Ltd. v. Occidental Crude Sales, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
- Ruby Conway v. Chemical Leaman Tank Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- A. A. Spurlin, Surviving Parent of Douglas J. Spurlin, a Minor, Deceased v. General Motors CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Michael Jones and Harold Jones v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., and Shinn Fu of America, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1989
- Alice Paulette Pagan v. Shoney's, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1991
- Kareem Yehia v. Rouge Steel CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1990
- Sadler v. Moran Towing Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 2002
- Dunn v. Consolidated Rail Corp.District Court, M.D. Louisiana · 1995
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