Legal Opinion
Pyles v. American Trading & Production Corporation
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided August 10, 1965No. Civ. A. 64-G-66PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NOEL, District Judge.
This case is before the Court upon plaintiff’s motion for judgment.
Plaintiff is a seaman. On April 10, 1964 he signed with the defendant for a voyage aboard defendant’s vessel, the S.S. MARYLAND TRADER, having been pronounced fit for duty by a doctor of defendant’s choice. Plaintiff injured his back on July 16, 1964 during a cleaning operation aboard the ship when he attempted singlehandedly to lift a But-terworth machine out of one of the deck tanks. He received treatment from the ship’s second mate the next morning and performed no more work during the remainder of the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Vaughan v. AtkinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Calmar Steamship Corp. v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Farrell v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Corden E. Yates v. Rodney H. Dann, Ruby M. Dann and R. H. Dann Towing and Lighterage CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1955
- Koslusky v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1953
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Hudspeth v. Atlantic & Gulf Stevedores, Inc.District Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1967
- Andrew C. Gooden, Jr. v. Sinclair Refining Company v. Texaco, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1967
- Aloysius Roberts, Libellant-Appellant-Appellee v. S.S. Argentina and Moore-Mccormack Lines, Inc., Respondents-Appellees-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
- Charles Pyles, Jr. v. American Trading & Production Corporation, American Trading & Production Corporation v. Charles Pyles, Jr., CppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- Permanente Steamship Corporation, a Corporation v. Juan A. G. MartinezCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1966
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