Legal Opinion
James E. Vickers, D/B/A Delta Towing Company v. Floyd W. Tumey
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 12, 1961No. 18312PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.
The vessel owner appeals from a judgment entered in part on a jury verdict for damages and on separate findings of the Judge for maintenance, wages and cure occasioned by injuries sustained on the River Towboat Nita Dean. The errors urged are the failure of the Trial Court to direct a verdict for want of sufficient evidence of negligence or unseaworthiness, three errors in the Court’s charge, and the allowance by the Judge of wages, as such, beyond the end of the voyage.
The injury — one of the few facts besides the name of the river and the vessel not hotly…
2Cases cited38 opinions
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- Romero v. International Terminal Operating Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Mitchell v. Trawler Racer, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Kernan v. American Dredging Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Cortes v. Baltimore Insular Line, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1932
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3Cited by79 opinions
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- Spinks v. Chevron Oil Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Glenn Paul Baker, Sr., Cross-Appellant v. Raymond International, Inc., Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Harvey Thomas Smoot, Jr. v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
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