Legal Opinion
Farmer v. Standard Dredging Corporation
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided November 10, 1958No. Civ. A. 1862PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEEL, District Judge.
The action is before the Court upon a motion by plaintiff to strike the third and sixth affirmative defenses as insufficient in law.
Plaintiff, a United States citizen, has sued defendant, a Delaware corporation, for injuries alleged to have been sustained in the course of his employment as a seaman by defendant aboard defendant’s dredge Jamaica Bay registered under the laws of the United States. The injury is alleged to have been occasioned by defendant’s negligence while the Jamaica Bay was operating in the territorial waters of Venezuela.
Broadly stated, the defenses…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Hilton v. GuyotSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Lauritzen v. LarsenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Steele v. Bulova Watch Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Uravic v. F. Jarka Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Alpha Steamship Corp. v. CainSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Warnie Lee Ivy, Cross-Appellants v. Security Barge Lines, Inc., Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Mpiliris v. Hellenic Lines, LimitedDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1970
- Allan v. Brown & Root, Inc.District Court, S.D. Texas · 1980
- Ava McClure Administratrix of the Estate of Eugene McClure Deceased v. United States Lines CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1966
- De Alvarez v. Creole Petroleum Corp.District Court, D. Delaware · 1978
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