Legal Opinion
Smith v. Socony Vacuum Oil Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 4, 1938No. 131PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal by the defendant from a judgment in an action by the plaintiff to recover damages (1) under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, based on alleged negligence, and (2) to recover for maintenance and cure.
Plaintiff was an oiler working in the engine room of defendant’s ship. It was a part of his duty to determine from time to time whether the low-pressure bearing and journal of the engine required lubrication. 'In doing this he was accustomed to examine the low-pressure journal about once every twenty minutes in order to discover by touch whether it…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Beadle v. SpencerSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Johnson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1935
- Casey v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
3Cited by10 opinions
- Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- United States v. FotopulosCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1950
- Bonici v. Standard Oil Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1939
- Herring v. Luckenbach S. S. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1943
- The Ss StandardCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1939
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