Legal Opinion
Jordan v. Frederick Leyland & Co.
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided July 22, 1925No. 17682PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEATTIE, District Judge.
This is an action at law by the plaintiff against the defendant for $7,200, loss a credit of $306.
I assume jurisdiction is based upon the fact that the plaintiff is a citizen of Louisiana and the defendant is a foreign corporation.
The action is based specifically upon the Louisiana Workmen’s Compensation Act (Act No. 20 of 1914).
The injury suffered is alleged to have been accidental, and is alleged to have been suffered by plaintiff during the course of his employment by defendant as a stevedore to assist in loading cotton on the steamship Mercia, lying in the…
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- Grant Smith-Porter Ship Co. v. RohdeSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Washington v. W. C. Dawson & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1924
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