Legal Opinion
American President Lines, Itd. v. John Redfern
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 28, 1965No. 19187_1PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KOELSCH, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal by the American President Lines, Ltd. (appellant) from a decree of the District Court, entered in an admiralty suit, awarding John Red-fern, the libelant, damages for personal injuries sustained while working as an oiler aboard its vessel the SS PRESIDENT HOOVER.
The accident occurred on the afternoon of May 24, 1961, while the HOOVER was putting to sea from the port of Manila. Marcus J. Bommersbach, the watch officer in the engine room, ordered Redfern to “go down and change from high suction to low suction,” an operation that required the opening of…
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- June T. Inc. v. Arnold Ray KingCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
- Floyd Wesley Clevenger v. Star Fish & Oyster Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
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- L. C. Haynes v. Rederi A/s AladdinCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- American President Lines, Ltd., a Corporation, and Cross-Appellee v. E. B. Welch, and Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1967
- Michael T. Anderson v. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
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