Legal Opinion
Walker v. United States
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 29, 1951PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GODDARD, District Judge.
This is a suit by the administrator of the estate of James H. Walker, a seaman who was killed while a torpedo net was being jettisoned from the S.S. William B. Wilson, a vessel owned by the United States and operated by the War Shipping Administration.
The libel alleges that the libelant’s intestate was not provided with competent officers and coworkers; that libelant’s intestate was not provided with a safe place in which to work; that the jettisoning operation was performed and supervised in a negligent manner.
The Navy had equipped the Wilson with two torpedo nets as…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Johnson v. Griffiths S. S. Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1945
- Rodinciuc v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1949
- McInnis v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1945
- Batkiewicz v. Seas Shipping Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1945
3Cited by5 opinions
- Dugas v. National Aircraft Corp.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1971
- Handley v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1958
- Carleno v. Marine Transport Lines, Inc.District Court, E.D. Virginia · 1962
- Francis E. Walker, as Administrator of the Estate of James H. Walker, Deceased, Libellant-Appellee v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1952
- Xavier Maxime Dugas, Administrator of the Estate of Kathryn Cecile Dugas, Deceased v. National Aircraft Corporation, James Hart, Administrator C.T.A. Of the Estate of Theodore H. Hart, Also Known as Theodore Henry Hart, Iii, Deceased, James Hart, Administrator C.T.A. Of the Estate of Theodore H. Hart, Also Known as Theodore Henry Hart, Iii, Deceased, in No. 18873. Betty R. Guisinger, Administratrix of the Estate of Christina M. Hart, Deceased v. National Aircraft Corporation, James Hart, Administrator C.T.A. Of the Estate of Theodore H. Hart, Also Known as Theodore Henry Hart, Iii, Deceased, James Hart, Administrator C.T.A. Of the Estate of Theodore H. Hart, Also Known as Theodore Henry Hart, Iii, Deceased, in No. 18874Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1971