Legal Opinion
Summerlin v. Massman Const. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided November 10, 1952No. 6477PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOPER, Circuit Judge.
James W. Summerlin brought suit in'the District Court under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, which gives any seaman who shall suffer personal injury in the course of his employment the right to maintain an action for damages at law, and confers jurisdiction upon the court of the federal district in which the defendant employer resides or has his personal office. The plaintiff alleged that on September 21, 1950 he was employed by the defendants as a fireman on a floating derrick owned by the defendants and operated by them in the York River in the State of Virginia; and…
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