Ginsburg v. Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey

HULBERT, District Judge.

These are motions to dismiss the amended complaints and the third party complaints in both actions against the third party defendants, upon the ground that the said pleadings fail to state a claim upon which relief can be granted and upon the further ground that it is sought to join in one action an alleged cause of action under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, and an alleged cause of action upon common law negligence.

The plaintiffs in both actions commenced the civil suits under the Jones Act against their employer, Standard Oil Company of New Jersey. In each of said…