Legal Opinion
Blanco v. The S.S. Tracy
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided November 16, 1959No. 7976PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
R. DORSEY WATKINS, District Judge.
Appellant (Blanco) filed a libel against appellees to recover maintenance and cure for injuries received while on shore, and damages for the failure of the ap-pellees to provide maintenance and cure. The district court rendered judgment adverse to appellant on both claims. The present appeal relates only to the right of Blanco to recover for maintenance and cure; the claim for damages has been abandoned.
Blanco was employed on the steamship Michael Tracy on October 26, 1954, at Newport News, Virginia, as an oiler. The vessel was engaged in the American…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Aguilar v. Standard Oil Co. of NJSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Cortes v. Baltimore Insular Line, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Farrell v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Warren v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Thomas E. Baker v. Ocean Systems, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- Blanco v. TracyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1959