Legal Opinion
Mrs. Clifford Raymond Schlichter v. Port Arthur Towing Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 5, 1961No. 18505PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal presents the question whether the District Court was correct in granting an instructed verdict in favor of a defendant vessel owner in a Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, claim for damages due to the negligent death of a seaman. We affirm.
The vessel is' the small river pusher type towboat Ann Lee. She is 55 feet in length. Her stern is square with a wooden grating type decking over the extreme after end. This raised portion is about a foot above the level of the steel deck. This gives the appearance of a platform four or five feet in length fore and aft…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Rogers v. Missouri Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Mitchell v. Trawler Racer, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Kernan v. American Dredging Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Ferguson v. Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1957
- The Tj HooperCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1932
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3Cited by47 opinions
- Mrs. Julian Lamar Davis, Temporary Administratrix of the Estate of Charles Edward Davis, Deceased v. Parkhill-Goodloe Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
- D/S Ove Skou v. HebertCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Tug Ocean Prince, Inc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1978
- Pure Oil Company v. Tracy L. SnipesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
- Tittle v. AldacostaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
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