Legal Opinion
Fred Clark v. Central States Dredging Co., a Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 12, 1970No. 19914_1PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEHAFFY, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff, appellee, while in the performance of his duty as a seaman on his employer’s vessel, received a crushing injury to his left hand and brought suit in admiralty for damages grounded on the General Maritime Laws alleging unseaworthiness of the vessel, and under 46 U.S.C. § 688 (commonly referred to as the Jones Act), alleging negligence. The case was filed in admiralty but later upon plaintiff’s motion was transferred to the law side and tried to a jury. The jury found for plaintiff and assessed his damages at $75,000.00. Judgment was entered for the amount…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Rogers v. Missouri Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Palmer v. HoffmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Mitchell v. Trawler Racer, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Ferguson v. Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Solomon Dehydrating Company, Incorporated v. Clarence R. Guyton, Central Greyhound Lines, Incorporated, and the Greyhound CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1961
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Josephine Zatina v. Greyhound Lines, Inc., a Foreign Corporation, and S. E. WysockiCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1971
- Mary Ellen Scoville, Administratrix of the Estate of Thomas W. Scoville, Jr., Deceased v. Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, Robert King, Administrator of the Estate of Angela King, Deceased v. Missouri Pacific Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1972
- John I. Marvin v. Central Gulf Lines, Inc., Formerly Central Gulf Steamship CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Moy v. Jack Madden Ford Sales, Inc.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 1976
- Junker v. EddingsCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2005
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