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Bickart v. Union Barge Line Corp.
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided February 28, 1947No. Civ. A. No. 6222PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
GOURLEY, District Judge.
In this case the plaintiff claims damages for injuries alleged to have been sustained on either October 1 or 2, 1945, when he was injured while working as a member of the crew on the Steamer J. D. Ayres.
The action is brought under the provisions of the Merchant Marine Act of 1920, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, known as the Jones Act, and under the admiralty and maritime laws of the United States.
The defendant filed its answer pleading therein, under the heading “Fifth Defense”, that the plaintiff made and executed a release for all claims made by him in this action. That said…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Garrett v. Moore-McCormack Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Garrett v. Moore-Mccormack Co., Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Ricketts v. Pennsylvania R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1946
- Harmon v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1932
- Southern Pac. Co. v. ConwayCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1940
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- Firemen's Ins. v. ShowDistrict Court, D. Montana · 1953