Legal Opinion
Diaz v. Gulf Oil Corporation
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 15, 1965PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FEINBERG, District Judge.
This is a suit by plaintiff Saturnino Lima Diaz against defendant Gulf Oil Corporation for maintenance and cure. Plaintiff originally brought a cause of action under the Jones Act and for unseaworthiness, but these claims were withdrawn at trial. By stipulation of the parties jury trail was waived. The essential facts are found as set forth below.
Diaz is a Spanish-speaking seaman who has been steadily employed in the maritime service on numerous ships since 1945. He is now forty-nine years old. Diaz has great difficulty with the English language, and the services of…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Vaughan v. AtkinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Salen v. United States Lines Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Calmar Steamship Corp. v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Ahmed v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1949
- Koslusky v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1953
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3Cited by15 opinions
- David McCorpen v. Central Gulf Steamship CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Hudspeth v. Atlantic & Gulf Stevedores, Inc.District Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1967
- Malm v. United States Lines CompanyDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1967
- Andrew C. Gooden, Jr. v. Sinclair Refining Company v. Texaco, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1967
- Aloysius Roberts, Libellant-Appellant-Appellee v. S.S. Argentina and Moore-Mccormack Lines, Inc., Respondents-Appellees-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
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