Legal Opinion
Gentry v. States Steamship Co.
Oregon Supreme Court
Decided December 13, 1961PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBrand, J.
The plaintiff Gentry, a seaman employee of the defendant, brings this action against the States Steamship Company to recover general damages and loss of wages on account of an alleged injury suffered by him upon the defendant’s ship. The case resulted in a verdict and judgment for the defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
The complaint alleges that the ease is brought under the Jones Act, 46 USCA, § 688. It may better be said that the case is under the Maritime Daw as supplemented by the Jones Act.
In the complaint plaintiff alleges that the defendant corporation owned and operated the merchant…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Rogers v. Missouri Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Seas Shipping Co. v. SierackiSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- The OsceolaSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Mitchell v. Trawler Racer, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Mahnich v. Southern Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Musulin v. Woodtek, Inc.Oregon Supreme Court · 1971
- Kinney v. General Construction Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1968
- State v. TaylorCourt of Appeals of Oregon · 1997
- Holmgren v. Westport Towboat Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1971
- State v. LangstonCourt of Appeals of Oregon · 2008
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