Legal Opinion
Orvner D. Biggs v. Norfolk Dredging Company, Samuel J. Clowers v. Tidewater-Raymond-Kiewit
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided March 31, 1966No. 10053, 10054PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALBERT V. BRYAN, Circuit Judge:
These two appeals have a common issue : whether an employee injured aboard his employer’s ship on navigable waters may, on the allegation that he is a seaman, sue his employer for damages upon the Jones Act 1 or the general maritime law after deliberately obtaining compensation under Virginia’s industrial statute 2 or under the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Act 3 , on the allegation that he is not a seaman.
The District Court, on motions for summary judgment, dismissed the appellant-employees’ separate actions at law against their respective employers…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Seas Shipping Co. v. SierackiSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Southern Pacific Company v. JensenSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Pope & Talbot, Inc. v. HawnSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Garrett v. Moore-McCormack Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Garrett v. Moore-Mccormack Co., Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
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3Cited by36 opinions
- Lawrence Whittington v. Sewer Construction Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1976
- Donald E. Powers v. Bethlehem Steel Corporation v. McKie Lighter Co., Inc., Donald E. Powers v. McKie Lighter Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1973
- Clarence Deshong v. Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
- Commercial Union Insurance Company v. John P. McKinnon Barbara A. McKinnonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1994
- Barber v. New England Fish CompanyAlaska Supreme Court · 1973
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