Legal Opinion
Ran v. Atlantic Refining Co.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided December 28, 1949No. Civ.A. No. 9593PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARD, District Judge.
This is a seaman’s action at law to recover damages for injuries sustained aboard the defendant’s vessel, the S. S. Van Dyke, in July or August of 1944, and for failure to provide maintenance and cure. The action was commenced on April 14, 1949. It is now before me on the defendant’s motion to dismiss the action on the ground that it is barred by the statute of limitations.
The plaintiff states in his brief that this action is brought under the Jones Act.1 *854The time limitation of three years, as established in the Federal Employers’ Liability Act of 1908, as amended,2 is…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Cortes v. Baltimore Insular Line, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1932
- De Zon v. American President Lines, Ltd.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Flynn v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- De Zon v. American President Lines, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1942
- O'NEILL v. Cunard White Star LimitedDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1946
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Desmond v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1952
- Vaughan v. AtkinsonDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1960
- McMahon v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1950
- Terhune v. Prudential Steamship Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1959
- McAllister v. Magnolia Petroleum Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1956
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