Legal Opinion
Charles Brown v. Dravo Corporation. Appeal of Charles Brown. Appeal of Dravo Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided September 23, 1958No. 12553_1PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARIS, Circuit Judge.
The libellant, Charles Brown, on March 15, 1948, instituted two actions in the District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania to recover for injuries allegedly sustained when he fell while working for the Dravo Corporation as a seaman aboard its vessel, the steamer Sam Craig, which resulted in a left indirect inguinal hernia, a ventral hernia, and an injury to his left leg. In one of them, originally a civil action, he sought damages in the amount of $25,000 based upon the alleged negligence of Dravo Corporation and its employees and the unseaworthiness of the…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Seas Shipping Co. v. SierackiSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- The OsceolaSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Mahnich v. Southern Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Garrett v. Moore-McCormack Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Garrett v. Moore-Mccormack Co., Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
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3Cited by15 opinions
- James W. Perkins, Judith Lynn Perkins v. American Electric Power Fuel Supply, Inc. Indiana Michigan Power Company, Inc., River Transportation DivisionCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2001
- Hanson v. Reiss Steamship CompanyDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1960
- Gulledge v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1972
- George v. Hillman Transportation CompanyDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1972
- Herman Neff v. Dravo CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1969
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