Legal Opinion
Reskin v. Minnesota-Atlantic Transit Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 13, 1939No. 84PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHASE, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff, a seaman on the Great Lakes, brought this suit in the District Court for the Western District of New York under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, to recover indemnity for personal injuries received while carrying out an order given him by the mate. A trial by jury resulted in a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff and the defendant has appealed. The sole question now raised is whether the denial of the defendant’s motion for a directed verdict was error.
The sufficiency of the evidence as a basis for the verdict is to be tested by taking as the standard…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Lumbra v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- The Arizona v. AnelichSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Richmond & Danville Railroad v. PowersSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Beadle v. SpencerSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Darlington v. National Bulk Carriers, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1946
- Vincent Klimaszewski v. Pacific-Atlantic Steamship Co., Inc., Jarka Corporation of Philadelphia, Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1957
- Dixon v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1954
- Pedersen v. Diesel Tankers, Ira S. Bushey, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1967
- Vileski v. Pacific-Atlantic S. S. Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1947
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