Legal Opinion
Marion Domeracki v. Humble Oil & Refining Co.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided May 18, 1971No. 18886PublishedCited by 122 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT ALDISERT, Circuit Judge.
A judgment of $270,982 was entered on a jury verdict against appellant shipowner and in favor of appellee, a longshoreman who sustained personal injury while loading a ship in port. The jury accepted appellee’s contention that his injury was caused by the unseaworthy condition of the vessel and by the failure of the shipowner to provide a safe place to work. 1
Appellant concedes the severity of the injury: appellee suffered herniated discs in his back; only one was corrected by surgery, while the other caused continuing disability. Past loss of…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- McNabb v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- McDonald v. PlessSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- United States v. John Fioravanti, Nicholas Panaccione, and Angelo Pepe, Nicholas PanaccioneCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1969
- John R. McWeeney v. New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1960
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3Cited by122 opinions
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- Government of the Virgin Islands v. Beaumont Gereau, in Nos. 74-2019, 74-2020, 74-2021, 74-2022,74-2023Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1975
- Nelson v. KeeferCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1971
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