Legal Opinion
Kirk v. Allegheny Towing Inc.
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided October 21, 1985No. Civ. A. 83-1908PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
COHILL, Chief Judge.
Presently before us is Plaintiff’s Motion to Dismiss Defendants’ counterclaim brought in Admiralty for the return of maintenance and cure paid by Defendants under a mistaken belief that the Plaintiff was entitled to it. This action arises from an accident which occurred on November 4, 1981. Plaintiff, while moving railroad cars loaded with coal and dumping that coal from the cars into bins to be placed onto river barges owned by the Defendants, received a serious and disabling leg injury. As a result of that accident, Defendants paid Plaintiff maintenance and cure…
2Cases cited35 opinions
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- Calmar Steamship Corp. v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
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