Legal Opinion
Foppen v. Peter J. Fase & Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided June 17, 1922No. Docket No. 50PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFellows, C. J.
The defendant employer is a co-partnership engaged in commercial fishing out of Grand Haven, operating the tug “Alice” which is registered at that port. Plaintiffs’ decedent worked for some time on this boat. On March 12, 1921, while returning from the fishing grounds, and when 15 to 18 miles from shore, he was missed. While no one saw the accident it is doubtless true that he was washed overboard, there being a considerable sea running. Compensation was awarded plaintiffs as dependents, and the case is brought here for review, and the argument is addressed to the one question of whether the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Knickerbocker Ice Co. v. StewartSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
- Chelentis v. Luckenbach Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1918
- Matter of Jensen v. . Southern Pacific Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1915
- Union Fish Co. v. EricksonSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Benjamin L. Hoopengarner v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1959
- Leszczymski v. Andrew Radel Oyster Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1925
- Bell v. Southern Casualty Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1924
- O'Hara's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1924
- Christensen v. Morse Dry Dock & Repair Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1926
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