Legal Opinion
Joseph Walters v. Moore-Mccormack Lines, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided October 23, 1962No. 27473_1PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*192KAUFMAN, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff brought an action in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York to recover from his employer, Moore-MeCormack Lines, Inc., damages for injuries resulting from a shipboard fight.1 His plea for recovery was based upon allegations of unseaworthiness and of negligence in hiring. After all the evidence on the issue of liability had been presented to the jury, Judge McGohey, upon motion, ordered a directed verdict for the defendant because there had been a failure of proof on both theories of liability. The plaintiff appeals from the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Boudoin v. Lykes Bros. Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Jamison v. EncarnacionSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- Aston Bartholomew v. Universe Tankships, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1959
- Keen v. Overseas Tankship Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1952
- Jones v. Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., IncCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1953
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Eddie Huff v. Matson Navigation Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1964
- Floyd Wesley Clevenger v. Star Fish & Oyster Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
- Ira S. Bushey & Sons, Inc. v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1967
- Arthur Smith v. J. Lauritzen v. Jarka Corporation of Philadelphia, Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1966
- John Laguna v. American Export Isbrandtsen Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1971
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