Legal Opinion
Ponder v. M/V CHILBAR
District Court, S.D. Georgia
Decided May 13, 2002No. 401 CV 053Published
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
EDENFIELD, District Judge.
1. INTRODUCTION
In this admiralty case seaman/plaintiff George Ponder, claiming to have been injured on an ocean-going vessel, brings claims sounding in (1) negligence under the Jones Act 46 U.S.CApp. § 688 1 ; (2) unseaworthiness; and (3) maintenance and cure against defendant Keystone Shipping Company (his employer), defendant M/V Chilbar (the ship on which he alleges he was injured) and defendant Chilbar Shipping Company (the vessel’s owner). Defendants move for summary judgment on his punitive damages claim. Doc. #20. Ponder himself moves for summary judgment…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Miles v. Apex Marine Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Mize v. Jefferson City Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1996
- Merry Shipping, Inc. v. Merry Shipping Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Guevara v. Maritime Overseas Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1994
- Richard B. Dunlap v. Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1988
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