Legal Opinion
Gomes v. Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided December 23, 1954No. Civ. 53-1004PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALDRICH, District Judge.
This is a suit for maintenance and cure in which the shipowner, hereinafter called the defendant, has moved for summary judgment. The ground of this motion is that the plaintiff has released the third party who alone caused him the injury. This situation was covered- in Muise v. Abbott, 1 Cir., 160 F.2d 590, but the defendant invites “reconsideration” of that case in the light of its alleged inconsistency with other decisions of that court.
The plaintiff on his way back to the ship from shore leave was injured on a public highway by an automobile. He sued the operator…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- United States v. Standard Oil Co. Of CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Calmar Steamship Corp. v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Aguilar v. Standard Oil Co. of NJSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Pacific Steamship Co. v. PetersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Gypsum Carrier, Inc. v. William D. HandelsmanCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1962
- Aston Bartholomew v. Universe Tankships, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1960
- Isaac Myles v. Quinn Menhaden Fisheries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
- Andrew C. Gooden, Jr. v. Sinclair Refining Company v. Texaco, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1967
- Jenkins v. RoderickDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1957
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