Legal Opinion
Yost v. General Electric Company
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided May 27, 1959PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS F. MURPHY, District Judge.
This is a libel for damages for personal injuries suffered aboard the S. S. Bull Run while afloat in navigable waters at the shipyard of O’Brien Bros, in Staten Island, New York. Jurisdiction over the United States, the owner of the vessel, is under the Suits in Admiralty Act (46 U.S.C.A. § 741 et seq.) and General Electric, in admiralty on the theory of a maritime tort. The United States has filed a cross-claim over against O’Brien Bros, and it in turn has a claim over against General Electric.
There is little dispute about the accident or the injuries.…
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- Alaska Steamship Co. v. PettersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
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