Legal Opinion
Arthur Smith v. J. Lauritzen v. Jarka Corporation of Philadelphia, Third-Party
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 4, 1966No. 14941_1PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KALODNER, Chief Judge. **
In the instant case the plaintiff, a longshoreman, sued the defendant J. Lauritzen, owner of the S.S. Gerda-Dan, in a maritime action for injuries sustained when he was assaulted on June 16, 1959, by a fellow longshoreman with a cargo hook while they were discharging the vessel’s cargo. The Complaint alleged unseaworthiness of the vessel in that the plaintiff’s assailant was not equal in temperament and disposition to the ordinary men of his calling. The jury returned a verdict of $2,000 in favor of the plaintiff against the defendant Lauritzen. It also returned a…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Boudoin v. Lykes Bros. Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Brown v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Eric McNello v. John B. Kelly, Inc. v. B. J. Lucarelli and Company, Inc., Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1960
- Jones v. Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., IncCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1953
- Floyd Wesley Clevenger v. Star Fish & Oyster Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Miles v. MelroseCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1989
- Commonwealth v. RifeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
- United States v. Willie Goodwin, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1971
- Paul P. Paluch v. Erie Lackawanna Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1968
- Robert E. Burriss, Jr. v. Texaco, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1966
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