Legal Opinion
Milton v. Pure Oil Company
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided September 25, 1958No. 7841PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALTER E. HOFFMAN, District Judge.
Libellant has instituted this action under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, and the general admiralty law, for damages, maintenance and cure arising from injuries allegedly sustained as a result of having been struck in the testicle by an allegedly defective buffer machine, while serving as a member of the crew of the David D. Irwin on or about May 5, 1957.
The libellant is a seaman, thirty-seven years of age, who has been going to sea for approximately twenty years. He has a long history of venereal disease and genito-urinary disorders. On April 29, 1957,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Lindquist v. DilkesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1942
- Ahmed v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1949
- Edward Passaro v. Norfolk & Western Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1958
3Cited by8 opinions
- David McCorpen v. Central Gulf Steamship CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Edward L. Evans v. Blidberg Rothchild Company, Incorporated, Edward L. Evans v. Blidberg Rothchild Company, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1967
- Martin Burkert v. Weyerhaeuser Steamship Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1965
- Petition of United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. North Carolina · 1969
- Curry v. United StatesDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1971
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