Legal Opinion
Yates v. Dann
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided September 1, 1954No. Civ. No. 1051. No. 1634PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEAHY, Chief Judge.
Libellant was engaged by respondents as a mate on the tugboat “Neptune” on February 8, 1946, under Captain Workman. Yates was a man of 12 years experience in working around the water, was engaged by Rodney H. Dann, one of the respondents, to work on respondents’ tugs. Libellant was to be paid $70 a week as wages. The tug was engaged in a dredging operation.
The deckhand, Woods, assigned to libellant-Yates was engaged by Captain Workman several days before the accident happened. It is a duty of a captain or mate to instruct men regarding their duties on tugs. Evidence shows…
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- Jamison v. EncarnacionSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- Walker v. Lykes Bros. S.S. Co., IncCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1952
- Bochar v. J. B. Martin Motors, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1953
- Carter v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1931
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3Cited by17 opinions
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