Legal Opinion
Walter Lindheimer v. United Fruit Company
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 20, 1969No. 32468_1PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
J. JOSEPH SMITH, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff appeals from judgment on a jury verdict for the defendant before Judge MacMahon in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The action was brought by the plaintiff, a seaman, to recover damages for personal injuries brought under the general maritime law, and the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688. We find no error and affirm the judgment.
The plaintiff was an engine utility on a ship owned and operated by the defendant and claimed he was injured on board the ship during a fire drill when a canvas fire hose burst causing a jet of…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Palmer v. HoffmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Curtis Taylor v. The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1965
- United States v. New York Foreign Trade Zone Operators, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1962
- Clarence D. Gaussen v. United Fruit CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1969
- Raymond G. Cahill v. The New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1956
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Trenton Mitchell v. American Export Isbrandtsen Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1970
- Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance v. LinardDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1972
- Walter Lindheimer v. United Fruit CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1969