Legal Opinion
Michael Tolar v. Kinsman Marine Transit Company
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 8, 1980No. 78-3054PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIVELY, Circuit Judge.
In this Jones Act case the shipowner appeals from an award of $110,040 to a crew member who was injured while on duty. The case was tried before the district court without a jury. The opinion of the court contained findings that the defendant was negligent and the vessel unseaworthy, that the plaintiff was not contributorily negligent, and that the plaintiff was totally and permanently disabled from returning to his former occupation by reason of his injuries. We affirm.
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The plaintiff was third assistant engineer on a .Great Lakes steamer, The Chicago Trader. His duty…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Schlemmer v. Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Robert Bernard Smith, and Cross-Appellant v. United States of America, and Cross-Appellee v. Whitehall Terminal CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1964
- William Rivera v. Farrell Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1973
- Stella Reyes, Administratrix of the Estate of Florentino Reyes, Deceased v. Vantage Steamship Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Thomas D. Joyce v. Atlantic Richfield Company, a Pennsylvania CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1981
- Carl O. Akermanis, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. Sea-Land Service, Inc., Defendant-Appellant-Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1982
- Robert D. Cook v. American Steamship CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1995
- Juan Ceja v. Mike Hooks, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- John Simeonoff v. Todd Hiner and Clare Hiner,in Personam and the F/v Saga, OpinionCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2001
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