Legal Opinion
Gonzalez v. Riverside & Fort Lee Ferry Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided February 24, 1942PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIFKIND, District Judge.
The libellant was injured on September 21, 1940, when he was caught on the outside fender of the ferryboat Tenafly as it came in contact with the wooden piles of the slip from which the ferry had just begun to emerge. He brought action under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688 and for maintenance and cure.
Is that action maintainable ? Concededly, it is not maintainable if the libellant is covered by the provisions of the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Act, 33 U.S.C.A. § 901 et seq., or the New Jersey Compensation Act, N.J.S.A. 34:15-1 et seq., Grant Smith-Porter Ship…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- South Chicago Coal & Dock Co. v. BassettSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Grant Smith-Porter Ship Co. v. RohdeSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Parker v. Motor Boat Sales, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Hawn v. American S. S. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1939
- Moore Dry Dock Co. v. PillsburyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1938
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Braniff v. Jackson Ave.-Gretna Ferry, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
- Leo A. Zientek v. Reading CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1955
- Reyes v. A. H. Bull S. S. Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1948
- Braniff v. Jackson Ave.-Gretna Ferry, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960