Legal Opinion

Darrell Edward Stevens v. McGinnis Inc., Cross-Appellee

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided June 13, 1996No. 94-6091, 94-6404PublishedCited by 38 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BAILEY BROWN, Circuit Judge.

In this maritime common law case, Stevens, formerly a towboat deckhand and pilot, sued McGinnis, Inc. (“the company”), his former employer, for maintenance and cure resulting from the removal of a tumor which afflicted him during his employment with the company.1 After a bench trial the district court found that the tumor caused certain symptoms, e.g., headaches and personality changes, from which Stevens suffered during his employment, and thus that the tumor manifested itself during Stevens’s service to the company. The district court therefore awarded…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. United States v. United States Gypsum Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
  2. Concrete Pipe & Products of Cal., Inc. v. Construction Laborers Pension Trust for Southern Cal.Supreme Court of the United States · 1993
  3. Vaughan v. AtkinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  4. Calmar Steamship Corp. v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  5. Aguilar v. Standard Oil Co. of NJSupreme Court of the United States · 1943

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3Cited by38 opinions

  1. Belfance v. Black River Petroleum, Inc. (In Re Hess)Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Sixth Circuit · 1997
  2. Sana v. Hawaiian Cruises Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1999
  3. Miller v. Arctic Alaska Fisheries Corp.Washington Supreme Court · 1997
  4. Robert West v. Midland Enterprises, Inc., the Ohio River Company, and Motor Vessel W.H. DickhonerCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2000
  5. Johnson v. Cenac Towing, Inc.District Court, E.D. Louisiana · 2009

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