Legal Opinion
Kanischer v. Irwin Operating Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 14, 1954No. 14996_1PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS, District Judge.
Naming as defendant his employer, a corporation operating a resort hotel at Miami Beach, and one Kaplan, owner and operator of the speed boat “Jo Ann”, appellant filed suit under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, for serious injuries to both legs, resulting from contact with the propeller of the boat on August 25, 1951.
In sequence, motions to dismiss for want of jurisdiction under the Act and for summary judgment on the same ground were filed by the employer-defendant, appellee here. After each motion had been denied by the district judge, the case came on for a…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Cosmopolitan Shipping Co. v. McAllisterSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Tobler v. Pioneer Mining & Mfg. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1909
- McKie v. Diamond Marine Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1953
- Maryland Casualty Co. v. LawsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1938
- Gerradin v. United Fruit Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1932
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Gele v. Chevron Oil Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- In Re Read's PetitionDistrict Court, S.D. Florida · 1963
- Leo A. Zientek v. Reading CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1955
- Linehan v. United States Lines, Inc.District Court, D. Delaware · 1976
- Martinez v. Star Fish and Oyster Co., Inc.District Court, S.D. Alabama · 1974
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