Legal Opinion
Haskins v. Point Towing Co.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided May 16, 1968No. 16901PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
FREEDMAN, Circuit Judge.
A confused pleading presents us with the problem whether plaintiff1 was entitled to a trial by jury of his Jones Act2 claim for negligence and his maritime claims for unseaworthiness and maintenance and cure. He was compelled to have all these claims tried by a judge without a jury and he brings this appeal from the decision of the district judge dismissing his action on the merits.
Plaintiff brought the action by filing what he designated as a “Libel in Admiralty, In Rem and In Personam * * against Point Towing Co. and the M/V H. E. Bowles, a motor…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Romero v. International Terminal Operating Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Continental Grain Co. v. Barge FBL-585Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Atlantic & Gulf Stevedores, Inc. v. Ellerman Lines, Ltd.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Panama Railroad v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
- Fitzgerald v. United States Lines Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Edward J. Romero v. Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Trident Maritime Agency, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Foster v. Destin Trading Corp.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1997
- Luera v. M/V ALBERTACourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2011
- Simko v. C & C Marine Maintenance Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1979
- Red Star Towing & Transportation Co. v. Ming GiantDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1983
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