Legal Opinion
Myles v. Quinn Menhaden Fisheries, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided April 20, 1961No. 4068PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
J. SKELLY WRIGHT, District Judge.
Isaac Myles, an itinerant Menhaden fisherman, suffered the amputation of his two legs below the knees while asleep on a spur track of the New Orleans and Lower Coast Railroad Company serving the plant of the respondent, Quinn Menhaden Fisheries, Inc., near Triumph, Louisiana. Before falling asleep on the track,1 Myles apparently had been walking back to the bunkhouse on the property of the respondent or to his fishing vessel, the Benson Riggin, which was docked adjacent thereto. Libelant sued his employer,2 Quinn Menhaden, under the Jones Act3 and the general…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Weyerhaeuser Steamship Co. v. Nacirema Operating Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Farrell v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Jackson v. CookSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1938
- McGuire v. Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1894
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Isaac Myles v. Quinn Menhaden Fisheries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962