Legal Opinion
John D. Reagan v. Sinclair Refining Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 12, 1963No. 20165_1PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LUMBARD, Chief Judge.
The plaintiff seaman appeals from a judgment rendered on a jury verdict for the defendant in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. We affirm.
John D. Reagan, the plaintiff, was employed by the defendant, Sinclair Refining Company, as an able-bodied seaman on the crew of the S. S. Superflame from October 1958 to August 1960. At about 9:30 A.M. on January 15, 1959, the plaintiff, asleep in his bunk, fell out of it onto the deck. He sustained injuries, to recover for which he brought this action.
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2Cases cited9 opinions
- Mitchell v. Trawler Racer, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Atlantic & Gulf Stevedores, Inc. v. Ellerman Lines, Ltd.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Salen v. United States Lines Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Kernan v. American Dredging Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Michalic v. Cleveland Tankers, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Carter Ray Scott v. William Carlton FancherCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Paul L. Tugwell v. A. F. Klaveness & CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
- Eustace Weekes v. Michigan Chrome & Chemical Company, a Michigan Corp.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1965
- Matthew W. Dietz and T. J. Yancey v. Consolidated Oil & Gas, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Bass v. General Motors CorporationCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1968
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