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McDonald v. Cape Cod Trawling Corporation

District Court, D. Massachusetts

Decided May 13, 1947No. Civ. 4126PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WYZANSKI, District Judge.

Plaintiff, a resident of Massachusetts, sues as administratrix of a deceased Massachusetts seaman. She names as defendants a Massachusetts corporation, The Cape Cod Trawling Corporation, which employed the decedent, and also Byron C. Hedblom and Carl G. Hedblom, who are residents of Massachusetts and who are partners doing business as a shipbuilding firm.

Plaintiff complains that the corporate employer failed to supply a reasonably safe place in which the decedent could work and that that failure was the cause of injuries to and the death of the decedent while he was a…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Seas Shipping Co. v. SierackiSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  2. The OsceolaSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
  3. Hurn v. OurslerSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
  4. Panama Railroad v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
  5. Garrett v. Moore-McCormack Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1942

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Fitzgerald v. United States Lines Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Kathleen Troupe v. Chicago, Duluth & Georgian Bay Transit CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1956
  3. Jordine v. WallingCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1950
  4. Sperbeck v. A. L. Burbank & Co., IncCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1951
  5. Fitzgerald v. United States Lines Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1962

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