Legal Opinion
Guthrie v. Sinclair Refining Company
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided January 15, 1959No. 13294PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WERLEIN, Justice.
Appellant, Eugene D. Guthrie, third engineer of the SS MacDonald, brought this suit under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688 and for unseaworthiness against ap-pellee, Sinclair Refining Company, to recover for personal injuries sustained by him about 2 o’clock a. m., July 26, 1955, when he stepped on a short length of line which lay on a lower deck level to which he had descended from the operating platform for the purpose of replacing a light bulb which had just burned out. The line was some 7 to 12 inches in length and about the size of an ordinary sash cord. ' It was located…
2Cases cited32 opinions
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- Pope & Talbot, Inc. v. HawnSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Mahnich v. Southern Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Alaska Steamship Co. v. PettersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Wichita Falls & Oklahoma Railway Co. v. PepperTexas Supreme Court · 1940
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3Cited by6 opinions
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- Hullum v. St. Louis Southwestern Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1964
- Maddox v. MaddoxCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1973
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