Legal Opinion
Garland v. Alaska Steamship Co.
District Court, D. Alaska
Decided June 15, 1961No. A-15-60PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HODGE, District Judge.
Plaintiff seeks to recover by this action damages for personal injuries claimed to have been suffered by him while employed by the defendant Alaska Steamship Company aboard the defendant’s vessel S. S. Illiamna while tied at the dock at Seward, Alaska, where it was unloading freight. His first cause of action is founded upon the Jones Act (Section 688, Title 46 U.S.C.A.), which provides a remedy to “any seaman who shall suffer personal injury in the course of his employment,” to maintain an action for damages at law, at his election. The complaint first alleges that…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Seas Shipping Co. v. SierackiSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Panama Railroad v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
- Crumady v. the Joachim Hendrik FisserSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Atlantic Transport Co. of W. Va. v. ImbrovekSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- International Stevedoring Co. v. HavertySupreme Court of the United States · 1926
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Bernard Harney v. William M. Moore Building Corporation and Lopier Construction CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
- The Pure Oil Company v. Pascual SuarezCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
- Hunt v. Paco Tankers, Inc.District Court, S.D. Texas · 1964
- Rodriquez v. United Fruit Co.District Court, E.D. Virginia · 1964
- Blanco v. Gulf Coast Transportation, Inc.District Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1964
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