Legal Opinion
Martin v. United States
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided December 28, 1970No. Civ. A. No. 69-808PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
TROUTMAN, District Judge.
Questions of venue involving injured seamen are not new to the Courts. *1132However, counsel have cited no case and we have found none directly and specifically deciding the question of venue here involved concerning a suit instituted by the estate of a deceased seaman three thousand miles from the district having any contact with the decedent or his surviving widow who is the sole heir and beneficiary of his estate.
On February 7, 1968, William Willett, a seaman in the United States Merchant Marine and a member of the crew of the S.S. ELKO VICTORY, drowned while…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Neirbo Co. v. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Mecom v. Fitzsimmons Drilling Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Eastern Transportation Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- McSparran v. WeistCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1968
- Hoiness v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Wade v. BORDELON MARINE, INC.District Court, E.D. Louisiana · 2011
- In Re: National Park Service and Public Vessels Buoy Tender No. 450, No. 257, No. 2510, No. 256, No. 2511, No. 290District Court, D. Utah · 2020