Legal Opinion
George E. Schell v. The Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided May 7, 1968No. 11375PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WINTER, Circuit Judge:
The district judge, although he decided that the tug Geokge W. Stevens had not been temporarily withdrawn from navigation and that plaintiff, a shore-based machinist’s helper in the marine mechanical department of the defendant, the owner of the tug, was doing the traditional work of a seaman and could maintain a suit against his employer for negligence or unseaworthiness despite the provisions of the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C.A. § 901 et seq., nevertheless concluded that defendant was not negligent and the tug was not unseaworthy in…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Pope & Talbot, Inc. v. HawnSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Mitchell v. Trawler Racer, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Reed v. the YakaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Cecil Lawlor v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Company, Inc., Now Known as Socony-Mobil Oil Company, Inc., and Third-Party and Bethlehem Steel Company, Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1960
- Orvner D. Biggs v. Norfolk Dredging Company, Samuel J. Clowers v. Tidewater-Raymond-KiewitCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1966
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Thomas D. Joyce v. Atlantic Richfield Company, a Pennsylvania CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1981
- James E. Venable v. A/s Det Forenede DampskibsselskabCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1968
- Shannon v. City of AnchorageAlaska Supreme Court · 1970
- Jewell Francis Dunlap v. G. & C. Towing, Inc., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1980
- Honea v. Matson Navigation CompanyDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1972
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