Legal Opinion
Louis Mills v. Mitsubishi Shipping Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 20, 1966No. 22045PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN,
Circuit Judge:
Another of the frequent longshoreman personal-injury damage claims against the vessel for unseaworthiness, this case reflects again the great utility of special interrogatories with a general charge under F.R.Civ.P. 49(a). 1 The serious question here is whether there was unseaworthiness as a matter of law. Concluding, as we do, that the specific jury finding of seaworthiness cannot be sustained, we are able to bring this case to an end without the waste of another trial. This is because the trial Court carefully constructed a charge with special interrogatories…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Mitchell v. Trawler Racer, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Atlantic & Gulf Stevedores, Inc. v. Ellerman Lines, Ltd.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Italia Societa Rer Azioni Di Navigazione v. Oregon Stevedoring Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Barbara A. Nesmith and Richard A. Nesmith v. H. D. AlfordCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
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3Cited by31 opinions
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- D/S Ove Skou v. HebertCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Mississippi Department of Transportation v. Signal International, LLCCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2009
- Robert M. Burns v. Anchor-Wate Co. And Brown and Root, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
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