Legal Opinion
McClendon v. the Curtis Bay Towing Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided April 8, 1955PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEINFELD, District Judge.
The plaintiff commenced this Jones Act action against the defendant alleging that while employed from February 15 to March 11, 1951 as a seaman on board a tug owned by the defendant he contracted tuberculosis, due to defendant’s negligence and the unseaworthiness of the vessel. The action was commenced in this district in September, 1953. The defendant appeared specially and moved to set aside and vacate the service of the summons and to dismiss the complaint for lack of jurisdiction upon the ground that the defendant was not “present” in the State of New York at the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- International Shoe Co. v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Gulf Oil Corp. v. GilbertSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- People's Tobacco Co. v. American Tobacco Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1918
- Bomze v. Nardis Sportswear, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1948
- Kilpatrick v. Texas & P. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1948
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Nugey v. Paul-Lewis Laboratories, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1955
- Gearhart v. WSAZ, Inc.District Court, E.D. Kentucky · 1957
- Federazione Italiana Dei Consorzi Agrari v. Mandask Compania De Vapores, S.A.District Court, S.D. New York · 1957
- Applewhaite v. Saguenay Terminals, Ltd.District Court, S.D. New York · 1956
- Green v. Compania de Navigacion Isabella, Ltd.District Court, S.D. New York · 1960
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