Legal Opinion
Davis v. American President Lines, Ltd.
District Court, N.D. California
Decided April 11, 1952PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOODMAN, District Judge.
At their inception these actions were suits under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, by two seamen, Davis and Mattison to recover maintenance and damages from the American President Lines for injuries suffered when the gangway of the S.S. General W. H. Gordon slipped off a wharf at Guam and dropped Davis and Mattison onto a camel between the wharf and ship side. American President Lines filed third-party complaints against the United States whose employees allegedly controlled the wharf and set the gangway in place. Subsequently, American President Lines settled with…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Halcyon Lines v. Haenn Ship Ceiling & Refitting Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Union Stock Yards Co. v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- The Admiral PeoplesSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- United States v. Rothschild International Stevedoring Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1950
- Standard Oil Co. v. Robins Dry Dock & Repair Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1929
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Federal Marine Terminals, Inc. v. Burnside Shipping Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Crawford v. Pope & Talbot, Inc. Lucibello v. Pope & Talbot, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1953
- Hillier v. Southern Towing Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
- Valerio v. American President Lines, Ltd.District Court, S.D. New York · 1952
- Horan v. Pope & Talbot, Inc.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1952
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