Legal Opinion
Rackus v. Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided July 28, 1949No. 9220PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McGRANERY, District Judge.
Plaintiff filed a complaint against MooreMcCormack Lines, Inc., claiming damages for personal injuries suffered in the course of his employment aboard the defendant’s vessel, and maintenance and cure. The plaintiff alleges that he was in the employ of the defendant in the capacity of a stevedore, but was acting as a seaman, at the time of the accident, working in navigable waters. Defendant has moved to dismiss the complaint under Rule 12, or in the alternative for summary judgment under Rule 56. Federal Rules of Civil Procedfire, 28 U.S.C.A. As to the first cause of…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- South Chicago Coal & Dock Co. v. BassettSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- International Stevedoring Co. v. HavertySupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Swanson v. Marra Brothers, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Carumbo v. Cape Cod S. S. Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1941
- Maryland Casualty Co. v. LawsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1938
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Braniff v. Jackson Ave.-Gretna Ferry, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
- Wilkes v. Mississippi River Sand & Gravel Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1953
- Bernard Harney v. William M. Moore Building Corporation and Lopier Construction CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
- Antonios Latsis v. Chandris, Inc., Chandris, S.A., Trans Oceanic Shipping Co., Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1994
- Leo A. Zientek v. Reading CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1955
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