Legal Opinion
Kareem Yehia v. Rouge Steel Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided May 7, 1990No. 88-1826PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*1179DAVID A. NELSON, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment entered on a jury verdict for the defendant in an action brought under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688 et seq., and under general maritime law by a deckhand who claimed to have been injured on two occasions while working in the cargo hold of a merchant vessel on the Great Lakes.
There was no evidence of contributory negligence on the part of the plaintiff, and the district court ruled out contributory negligence as a defense. Over the plaintiff’s objection, however, the court instructed the jury that its verdict must be for the…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Gasoline Products Co. v. Champlin Refining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Bailey v. Central Vermont Railway, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Fairmount Glass Works v. Cub Fork Coal Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Kuehne & Nagel (AG & Co.) v. Geosource, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1989
- Francisco Joia v. Jo-Ja Service Corp., Boat Niagara Falls, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1987
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- Carnival Cruise Lines, Inc. v. SandersDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1994
- Long v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 2004
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