Legal Opinion
Buchalski v. Universal Marine Corporation
District Court, W.D. Washington
Decided March 27, 1975No. 4-73C2PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BEEKS, District Judge.
This case presents the question of whether plaintiff may recover as damages a full measure of lost future wages when, in the interim between a disabling injury caused by fault of the defendant, and trial of the case, he suffers an independently caused physiological ailment the disabling effects of which parallel those of the first injury.
Plaintiff is a 53-year old longshoreman employed by third party defendant. In January 1972 he sustained a back injury while working aboard the HONG KONG HONOUR, a vessel owned by defendant. Plaintiff brought this action against…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Seas Shipping Co. v. SierackiSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Sentilles v. Inter-Caribbean Shipping Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Spinks v. Chevron Oil Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Watz v. Zapata Off-Shore Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
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3Cited by15 opinions
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- Nelsen v. Research Corp. of the University of HawaiiDistrict Court, D. Hawaii · 1992
- Milos v. Sea-Land Service, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1979
- McLaughlin v. BNSF Railway Co.Colorado Court of Appeals · 2012
- Ricky Koch v. Tote, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2017
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