Legal Opinion
Roberson v. S/S AMERICAN BUILDER
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided April 3, 1967No. 8588PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
WALTER E. HOFFMAN, Chief Judge.
This action, heard in conjunction with a civil jury ease 1 as supplemented by additional evidence, involves claims for maintenance, cure, and damages occasioned by way of attorney’s fees in allegedly failing to pay maintenance and provide cure.
The libelant, Lloyd Roberson, was injured on November 16, 1964, while employed as a seaman on board the SS AMERICAN BUILDER which was owned and operated by United States Lines Company. When the ship arrived in Norfolk on December 11, 1964, Roberson reported to the United States Public Health Service Hospital, but…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Vaughan v. AtkinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Kossick v. United Fruit Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Helen Reabe Sobosle v. United States Steel CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1966
- Williams v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1955
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Earl E. Robinson v. Pocahontas, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1973
- Anthony P. Kraljic v. Berman Enterprises, Inc., and General Marine Transport Corp., Berman Enterprises, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1978
- Standard Oil Co. of California v. AgsaludDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1977
- Petition of United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. North Carolina · 1969
- Gulledge v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1972
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