Legal Opinion
O'Connell v. Naess
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 11, 1949No. 217, Docket 21221PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff as administratrix of the estate of her deceased husband James O’Connell brings this action to recover damages for his death upon the theory that it was caused by the negligence of the defendants. O’Connell was employed as a rigger by the Bethlehem Steel Company at the latter’s yard at Hoboken, New Jersey, where he was engaged i-n removing piston No. 2 from a diesel engine on the tanker Solstad which was owned and operated by the defendants. Bethlehem was an independent contractor which had agreed to make repairs on the Solstad in-*139eluding the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Seas Shipping Co. v. SierackiSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Fairmount Glass Works v. Cub Fork Coal Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Guerrini v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1948
3Cited by11 opinions
- Linus Pauling v. News Syndicate Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1964
- Ahlgren v. Red Star Towing & Transp. Co., IncCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1954
- William J. Curnow, Administrator of the Estate of Martha M. McCoy Deceased v. West View Park CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1964
- Finn v. WoodCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1950
- Lundberg v. Prudential Steamship Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 1951
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