Legal Opinion
John E. Gretchen v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 25, 1980No. 51, Docket 79-6072PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OAKES, Circuit Judge:
The Government appeals from an award made by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Robert J. Ward, Judge, in a suit . under the Public Vessels Act, 46 U.S.C. §§ 781-790, which incorporates the Suits in Admiralty Act, 46 U.S.C. §§ 741-752. Plaintiff, the chief mate of the S.S. Washington, a de-mothballed public vessel, sued for injuries sustained at sea in the early morning of October 17, 1977. Liability (for unseaworthiness) was conceded and the court awarded damages to the injured seaman, in the amounts of $300,000 for past and future…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Slater v. Mexican National RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Savino Dagnello v. Long Island Rail Road CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1961
- Reid L. Feldman, as Administrator of the Estate of Nancy Feldman, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. Allegheny Airlines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
- Feldman v. Allegheny Airlines, Inc.District Court, D. Connecticut · 1974
- John Adams Fuchstadt v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1970
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Donna Reilly, Etc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1988
- Wickham Contracting Co., Inc., Ralph Perone v. Local Union No. 3, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Afl-CioCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1992
- Shu-Tao Lin v. McDonnell Douglas Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1984
- Joseph Oliveri v. Delta Steamship Lines, Inc. And Crowley Maritime Corp., and Third-Party v. Midland-Ross Corporation, Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1988
- John Dechico, Cross-Appellee v. Metro-North Commuter Railroad, Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1985
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