Legal Opinion
Fuentes v. PANAMA CANAL COMPANY
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided November 20, 1956PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVET, District Judge.
This is a libel action by Juan Fuentes against the Panama Canal Company under the provisions of the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688 and the General Maritime Law for the recovery of maintenance and cure.
Libellant was employed as a wiper on the S.S. Ancon, owned and operated by the Panama Canal Company. His term of employment was from October 10, 1955, to the time the vessel, bound for the Canal Zone, returned to the City of New York. The employment was subject to the terms of a contract between the respondent and others on the one hand and the National Maritime Union on the…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- The OsceolaSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Aguilar v. Standard Oil Co. of NJSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Warren v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- The Bouker No. 2Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1917
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- Stone v. Marine Transport Lines, Inc.District Court, D. Maryland · 1960