Legal Opinion
Lemon v. United States
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided November 26, 1946No. 2812PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHESNUT, District Judge.
The question before the court arises on the respondents’ exceptions to the amended libel in which it is alleged that the death of a seaman, William Lemon, Jr., employed by the respondents, was caused by their negligence. The suit is evidently brought under the Suits in Admiralty Act which permits suits against the United States, and under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, which permits a suit for damages for injuries caused by negligence in accordance with the principles of the Employers Liability Act.
The facts pleaded in the libel are these.
William Lemon, Jr., on…
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- Dixon v. Grace Lines, Inc.California Court of Appeal · 1972
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