Legal Opinion
Oswalt v. WILLIAMSON TOWING COMPANY, INC.
District Court, N.D. Mississippi
Decided April 20, 1973No. GC 72-46PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
READY, Chief Judge.
This admiralty action was brought by David Lorenzo Oswalt against his employer, Williamson Towing Company, Inc., (Williamson) for personal injuries he sustained while working as a deck hand aboard defendant’s towboat, the M/V GREENVILLE, on navigable waters near La Crosse, Wisconsin.
According to the complaint and plaintiff’s proof, plaintiff was injured May 27, 1971, during hours of darkness while tending to barges under tow by the GREENVILLE. The accident is said to have occurred when plaintiff encountered a fouled wire on a barge coupling; he attempted…
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- Aguilar v. Standard Oil Co. of NJSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
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- De Zon v. American President Lines, Ltd.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
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3Cited by3 opinions
- David Lorenzo Oswalt v. Williamson Towing Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Spearing v. Manhattan Oil Transportation CorporationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1974
- Turner v. Inland Tugs Co.District Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1988