Legal Opinion
Juan Emaldio v. Pocahontas Steamship Company
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided January 3, 1966No. 10010PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOBELOFF, Circuit Judge:
This is a shipowner’s appeal in a Jones Act case from a judgment in the sum of $22,500 awarded against it in favor of an injured merchant seaman. The appeal was taken from the District Court’s denial of the defendant’s motion to set aside the jury verdict as not supported by the evidence and as excessive.
I
Juan Emaldio was employed by the defendant as a coal passer aboard the SS OAKEY S. ALEXANDER from sometime in 1961 until December 22, 1963, the date of the injury. In the performance of his duties he shoveled coal ash into a hopper, from which the ash was ejected into…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Neese v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Rambert L. Simmons v. Avisco, Local 713, Textile Workers Union of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1965
- Southern Railway Company v. W. W. Neese, Administrator of the Estate of William Neese, DeceasedCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1954
- A/s Krediit Pank v. The Chase Manhattan BankCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1962
- Grace Lowe v. Glenn A. WillacyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1956
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Maxworthy v. Horn Electric Service, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1972
- Carlock v. National Co-operative Refinery Ass'nCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1970
- Carlock v. National Co-Operative Refinery AssociationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1970
- Maxworthy v. Horn Electric ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1972