Legal Opinion
Robert Morales v. City of Galveston
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 8, 1960No. 18011PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.
The suit was for damages for personal injuries sustained by eight libellants, as a result of inhaling fumes from dangerous chemicals, while working as longshoremen trimming wheat on board the Steamship Grelmarion, a vessel operated by respondent, Cardigan Shipping Co., Ltd., discharged from grain elevators owned by the City of Galveston.
The claim as to the City of Galveston was: that it was negligent, in using dangerous chemicals harmful to human beings, in fumigating the wheat for the purpose of killing weevils; that it had had earlier experiences in connection with…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Seas Shipping Co. v. SierackiSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- McAllister v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Pope & Talbot, Inc. v. HawnSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- The OsceolaSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Mahnich v. Southern Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Morales v. City of GalvestonSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Mississippi Department of Transportation v. Signal International, LLCCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2009
- Holley v. the Steamship Manfred StansfieldDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1960
- Louis R. Tucker v. Calmar Steamship Corporation v. Jarka Corp. Of Baltimore, Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1972
- Robert Morales v. City of GalvestonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
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